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Length
Descriptions
- Length - Extension or longitudinal dimension of an object
- m - Meter: SI fundamental unit
- cm - Centimeter
- mm - Millimeter
- µm - Micrometer or Micron (Equal to 1/1000 mm)
- km - Kilometer
- mi - Mile
- naut. mi - Nautical mile
- ft - Foot
- in - Inch
- mils - Thousandth of an inch (1/1000 in)
- yd - Yard
- rod - Rod
- chain - Chain
- Å - Ångström
- fathom - Fathom
- fermi - 1 fermi = 1 femtometre (fm) = 10-15 m
- p - Pica (Typography Unit, currently used in Computers (1/6 in) and Printers)
- pt - Point (Typography Unit, currently used in Computers (1/72 in) and Printers)
Instructions
- Enter the value in one of the fields of the "From" column, corresponding to the unit of measurement you want to convert
- Click the "Convert >>" button or hit the "Enter" key
- See converted values in the fields of the "To" column, for the indicated units of measurement
- If some fields have 0 (zero) as value, with yellow background, it means that the rounding of the results "truncated" the number. In this case increase the maximum number of decimal places defined or uncheck the option to set the maximum number of decimal places
- Very small results may possibly be presented in Scientific Notation (e.g, 5.43e-8, corresponds to 5.43 x 10-8, which is equal to 0.0000000543)
- To change format of the results use the various formatting options in the Configurations Area
- To exclude from the results the units of measurement you do not want to convert, select the corresponding check box(es) in the exclusion column (
) - To transfer a result to one of the temporary memories of WebCalc, select the result to be transferred ("Memo" column), select the memory and the type of operation, and click the "Transfer >>" button
- Click the "Print" button to open the impression page