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| system | unit | code (alternative) |
abbreviation | notes | conversion factor/m | combinations |
| SI | megametre | Mm | Mm | US spelling: megameter |
1,000,000 | |
| kilometre | km | km | US spelling: kilometer |
1,000 |
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| metre | m | m | US spelling: meter |
1 |
| |
| centimetre | cm | cm | US spelling: centimeter |
0.01 |
| |
| millimetre | mm | mm | US spelling: millimeter |
0.001 |
| |
| micrometre | μm (um) | µm | US spelling: micrometer |
0.000001 | ||
| nanometre | nm | nm | US spelling: nanometer |
0.000000001 | ||
| non-SI metric | ångström | Å (angstrom) |
Ã… | 0.0000000001 | ||
| Imperial & US customary |
mile | mi | mi | 1,609.344 |
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| furlong | furlong | 201.168 | ||||
| chain | chain | 20.1168 | ||||
| rod | rd | rd | For other names of this unit see the full list. | 5.0292 | ||
| fathom | fathom | assumes 1 fathom ≡ 6 ft | 1.8288 | |||
| yard | yd | yd | assumes the international definition | 0.9144 | ||
| foot | ft (foot) | ft | The foot code will produce foot as the plural form. | 0.3048 |
| |
| hand | hand | h | 0.1016 | |||
| inch | in | in | 0.0254 |
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| Other | nautical mile | nmi | nmi | the international standard nautical mile For other nautical miles see the full list. |
1,852 | |
| parsec | pc | pc | 3.0856775813100×1016 | |||
| light-year | ly | ly | 9.4607304725800×1015 | |||
| astronomical unit | AU | AU | 149,597,870,691 | |||