MEASUREMENTS UNITS - METER
Meter: - Meter is 1,650,
763.73 times the wavelength of the orange light in vacuum
emitted by 36K86 (Krypton) in the
transition 2p10 to 5d5. The
meter is length of the path travelled by the light in vacuum during a time interval of
1/299,792,458 of a second. (1983). It is denoted by m.
Units of Meter: SI
1 meter (m) = 100 centimeters (cm)
1 meter = 1000 millimeters (mm)
1 meter = 10 decimeters (dm)
10 meter = 1 decameter (dm)
10 decameter = 1 hectometer (hm)
10 hectometers = 1 kilometer (km)
1 km (kilometer) = 1000m= 103
m
1 hm (hectometer)= 100m= 102 m
1 cm (centimeter) = 10mm = 10-2
m
1 fermi = 1f = 10-15 m
1 angstrom = 1A0 = 10-10
m
1 astronomical Unit = 1 AU (distance
of the sun from the Earth =1.496×10-11 m
1 light year = 9.46×1015 m
(distance that light travels with velocity of 3 ×108
m s-1 in 1 year)
1 parsec = 3.08×1016 m
(distance corresponding to an annual parallax of one
second).
English
Standards of length (Imperial)
Units of Length
1 inch |
= |
Diameter of halfpenny |
7.92 inches |
= |
1 link |
12 inches |
= |
1 foot |
3 feet |
= |
1 yard |
6 feet |
= |
1 fathom |
5 ½ yards |
= |
25 links |
100 links |
= |
66 feet |
220 yards |
= |
40 poles |
8 furlongs |
= |
80 chains |
6080 feet per hour |
= |
1 Admiralty knot |
6080 feet |
= |
1 nautical mile (British) |
Surface
144 square inches |
= |
1 square foot |
9 square feet |
= |
1 square yard |
30 ¼ square yards |
= |
1 square pole, rod, or perch |
40 square poles |
= |
1 rood |
4 roods |
= |
4840 square yards = 1 acre |
640 acres |
= |
1 square mile |
Metric Standards
and Equivalents
The following equivalents of metric weights and measures
in terms of imperial weights and measure for use in trade
were sanctioned by an Order in Council on the 19th May.
1898
Linear Measure
1 inch |
= |
2.54 centimeters |
1 foot |
= |
30.4799 centimeters |
1 yard |
= |
0.914399 meter |
1 mile |
= |
1.6093 kilometers = 5280 feet |
1 chain |
= |
20.1168 meters = 22 yards |
1 centimeter |
= |
0.39370113 inch |
1 meter |
= |
39.370113 inches = 3.28084 feet = 1.093614 yards. |
1 kilometer |
= |
0.62137 mile |
1 radian |
= |
57.296 degrees (angular measure) |
Square Measure
1 square inch |
= |
6.4516 square centimeters |
1 square foot |
= |
9.2903 square decimeters |
1 square yard |
= |
0.836126 square meter = |
1 rood |
= |
10.117 acres = 40 perches |
1 acre |
= |
0.40468 hectare |
1 square mile |
= |
259 hectares |
1 square centimeter |
= |
0.155 square inch. |
1 square meter |
= |
10.7639 square feet = 1.1960 square yards. |
1 are |
= |
119.6 square yards= 100 square meters |
1 hectare |
= |
2.4711 acres = 10,000 square meters |
Cubic Measure
1 cubic inch |
= |
16.387 cubic centimeters. |
1 cubic foot |
= |
0.028317 cubic meter = 28.317 litres |
1 cubic yard |
= |
0.76455 cubic meter = 764.55 litres |
1 gallon |
= |
4.545963 liters = 0.1605 cubic foot |
1 U.S.A. gallon |
= |
231 cubic inches = 0.83267 imperial gallon |
1 liter |
= |
1.7598 pints = 0.2200 gallon |
1 cubic centimeter |
= |
0.061 cubic inch. |
1 cubic decimeter |
= |
61.024 cubic inches. |
1000 cubic centimeters |
= |
1 liter = 0.0275 bushel |
1 cubic meter |
= |
35.3148 cubic feet = 1.307954 cubic yards |
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