CONVERT CENTER
Instantly Convert Between Units of Measurement. Web Site Makes Unit Conversions Quick and Easy
English
From
To
Acceleration
Angles
Area
Currency Rates
Data Storage
Data Transfer
Density
Energy
Force
Frequency
Fuel Consumption
Length
Metric Prefixes
Molar Mass
Power
Pressure
Speed
Temperature
Time
Volume
Weight
Distance and Length Units Conversion
In general English usage, length (symbols: l, L) is one particular instance of distance: an object's length is its extent along its longest dimension. This is to be contrasted with height, denoting vertical extent, and width (or breadth), denoting a lateral extent along a dimension shorter than an object's length. In the physical sciences and engineering, the word "length" is typically used synonymously with "distance".
Read more
Close
See the English El (or Ell). This Scottish length is shorter than the English El. It may reflect an old practice of cloth merchants in giving an extra inch with each yard, to allow for any irregular cutting at the ends of the piece. However, the English cloth ell is definitely longer than the yard; it seems to be the distance from the shoulder to the fingers of the opposite hand. This reflects a practice of cloth merchants of holding the cloth at the shoulder with one hand and pulling the piece through with the opposite hand. This cloth ell was used with a similar length in France, where it was called the aune. The Dutch el and German elle are a little more than half the English ell; they may represent "arm's-length" units like the Italian braccio, the Russian sadzhen, and the Turkish pik.
Read more
Close
An ångström or aangstroem (the official transliteration), or angstrom (symbol Å) is a non-SI unit of length that is internationally recognised. It is sometimes used in expressing the sizes of atoms, lengths of chemical bonds and visible-light spectra. It is named after Anders Jonas Ångström.
Read more
Close
Convert from British ell
angstrom (Å)
centimeter (cm)
decimeter (dm)
kilometer (km)
meter (m)
micrometer (µm)
millimeter (mm)
nanometer (nm)
yard (yd)
mil (mil)
mile (mi)
link
line
rod (rd)
thou (thou)
league
hand
inch (in)
foot (ft)
furlong
chain
fathom
league
mile
cable
short cable
chain (Ramsden)
link (Ramden)
rod
feet
furlong
hubble
astronomical unit (AU)
siriometer
spat
light year (ly)
parsec (pc)
red shift
light minute
light second
pica (PostScript)
pixel (px)
pica
twip
point (Adobe) (pt)
point (pt)
point (PostScript) (pt)
point (pt)
cicero
vara
mkono
cape foot
cape inch
cape rood
braza (Texas)
cable
block (East U.S.)
block (Midwest U.S.)
block (South, West U.S.)
city block (East U.S.)
city block (Midwest U.S.)
city block (South, West U.S.)
click (military)
legua (Texas)
football field (complete)
football field
foot
feet
palmo (Texas)
palm
vara (Texas)
vara (California)
pie (Texas)
feet (pre-1963)
foot (pre-1963)
football field
arpent
cable
ell
fall
palm
mile (ancient)
meile
rute
elle
fuss
zoll
klafter
elle
faden
meile
ligne
faden
klafter
zoll
mile
perch
mile
fall
ell
alen (aln)
alen (aln)
mil
miil (mijl)
miil (mijl) (ancient)
alen (aln)
ell
foot
feet
palm
mille
ligne
lieue metrique (metric)
lieue marine (nautical)
lieue de post (post)
pouce (inch)
pied de roi (foot)
feet
foot
arpent
perche
toise
lieue commune
canne
paso
linea
punto
braza
cana
estadio
legua (post-1568)
legua (pre-1568)
pie
pulgada
vara
milla
palmo
palmo
pe
milha
polegada
estadio
vara
canna
braccio
pie
vershok
verst
werst
arsheen
dra
mile
mezhevaya verst
kosaya sazhen
sazhen
makhovaya sazhen
ell
foot
line
inch
pyad
faust
hvat
pike
pygme
stadium olympic
stadium attic
stadium ptolemey
thousand of orgium
mile
kairi
cho
jyo
shyaku
sun
mon
ri
ken
li (small)
li
ch'ih
foot
inch
mile
yard
pu
hu
si
hao
fen
cun
chi
bu
zhang
yin
yote
sen
sawk
keub
nieu
kabiet
wah
moot
hat
reed
river
feet
foot
cubit
cubit (Royal)
diraa
cubit
feet
foot
stride
milliare
pace
mile
millarium
akt
decimpeda
ped (foot) legal
ped ordinary
ounce (inch)
digit
etzbah
span
handbreadth
cubit
arshin
arshin
dra
foot
feet
vara
pie
cuadra
braza
caliber
button measure
arms-length
bohr
attometer
bamboo
barleycorn
bee space
bicron
cuerda
dekameter (dam)
didot point (pt)
digit
cuadra
douzieme (print)
douzieme (watchmaking)
em
exameter (em)
fathom (ancient)
femtometer (fm)
fermi
finger
fingerbreadth
fist
fod
gigameter
gigaparsec (Gpc)
gnat's eye
goad
gry
hair's breadth
hectometer (hm)
heer
iron
klick
kyu
lap (competition)
lap (old)
lap (olympic pool)
league (ancient Celtic)
leap
legoa
legua
kerat
kilofoot
kiloparsec (kpc)
kiloyard
kind
pik
Q
quadrant
quarter
quarter (cloth)
quarter (print)
range
ridge
pole
sadzhen
sagene
Scots foot
Scots mile
seemeile
shackle
shaftment
shaftment (ancient)
shaku
U
toise
township
tu
twain
X unit (xu)
verge
smoot
roede
rood
rope
royal foot
t'sun
tenthmeter
terameter
stadium
step
stick
story
stride
micromicron
micron
miglio
metric mile
metric mile (high school)
microinch (nm)
meile (geographische)
line (small)
lug
lug (great)
marathon
mark twain
megameter (Mm)
megaparsec (Mpc)
pearl
perch
pertica
pes
petameter (pm)
parasang
Paris foot
picometer (pm)
military pace
military pace (double time)
myriameter
nail
pace (great)
millimicron (mµ)
yoctometer (ym)
yottameter (Ym)
zeptometer (zm)
zettameter (Zm)
Value
...calculating...
Format result
0 decimals
1 decimals
2 decimals
3 decimals
4 decimals
5 decimals
6 decimals
7 decimals
1 ell is equal to:
Metric
angstrom
11430000000
centimeter
114.3
decimeter
11.43
kilometer
0.0011
meter
1.143
micrometer
1143000
millimeter
1143
nanometer
1143000000
British and U.S.
yard
1.25
mil
45000
mile
0.0007
link
5.6818
line
539.9915
rod
0.2273
thou
45000
league
0.0002
hand
11.25
inch
45
foot
3.75
furlong
0.0057
chain
0.0568
Nautical
fathom
0.625
league
0.0002
mile
0.0006
cable
0.0052
short cable
0.0062
Engineer
chain (Ramsden)
0.0375
link (Ramden)
3.75
Survey
rod
0.2273
feet
3.75
furlong
0.0057
Astronomical
hubble
1.2082 x 10
-25
astronomical unit
7.6405 x 10
-12
siriometer
7.6405 x 10
-18
spat
1.143 x 10
-12
light year
1.209 x 10
-16
parsec
3.7042 x 10
-17
red shift
8.7736 x 10
-27
light minute
6.3544 x 10
-11
light second
3.8126 x 10
-09
Typographical (British and U.S. - ATA system)
pica (PostScript)
270
pixel
4336.3259
pica
271.0125
twip
64799.5918
point (Adobe)
0.3241
point
3265.7143
point (PostScript)
3252.15
Typographical (Europe - Didot system)
point
3031.8302
cicero
253.3245
South American
vara
1.3229
African
mkono
2.5
South African
cape foot
3.6302
cape inch
43.5625
cape rood
0.3025
U.S.
braza (Texas)
0.6751
cable
0.0052
block (East U.S.)
0.0142
block (Midwest U.S.)
0.0114
block (South, West U.S.)
0.0071
city block (East U.S.)
0.0142
city block (Midwest U.S.)
0.0114
city block (South, West U.S.)
0.0071
click (military)
0.0011
legua (Texas)
0.0003
football field (complete)
0.0104
football field
0.0125
foot
3.75
feet
3.75
palmo (Texas)
5.3991
palm
5
vara (Texas)
1.35
vara (California)
1.3636
pie (Texas)
4.0503
Canadian
feet (pre-1963)
3.5169
foot (pre-1963)
3.5169
football field
0.0114
arpent
0.0195
British
cable
0.0062
ell
1
fall
0.1667
palm
15.24
mile (ancient)
0.0007
German
meile
0.0002
rute
0.3048
elle
1.905
fuss
3.6162
zoll
43.3941
Austrian
klafter
0.6027
elle
1.4667
faden
0.6027
meile
0.0002
Swiss
ligne
506.6489
faden
0.635
klafter
0.635
zoll
38.1
Irish
mile
0.0006
perch
0.1786
Scottish
mile
0.0006
fall
0.2016
ell
1.2095
Swedish
alen
1.9249
Danish
alen
1.8209
Swedish
mil
0.0001
Danish
miil (mijl)
0.0002
Swedish
miil (mijl) (ancient)
0.0001
Scandinavian
alen
1.905
Dutch
ell
1.6565
foot
4.037
feet
4.037
palm
11.43
French
mille
0.0006
ligne
539.9915
lieue metrique (metric)
0.0003
lieue marine (nautical)
0.0002
lieue de post (post)
0.0003
pouce (inch)
42.2239
pied de roi (foot)
3.5186
feet
3.5186
foot
3.5186
arpent
0.0195
perche
0.1955
toise
0.5864
lieue commune
0.0003
canne
0.5715
Spanish
paso
0.8204
linea
590.7117
punto
7088.5435
braza
0.6844
cana
0.5715
estadio
0.0066
legua (post-1568)
0.0002
legua (pre-1568)
0.0003
pie
4.1027
pulgada
48.3298
vara
1.3674
milla
0.0008
palmo
5.715
Portuguese
palmo
5.1955
pe
3.43
milha
0.0005
polegada
41.1595
estadio
0.0044
vara
1.0391
Italian
canna
0.5715
braccio
1.6329
pie
3.8356
Russian
vershok
25.7143
verst
0.0011
werst
0.0011
arsheen
1.6071
dra
1.6071
mile
0.0002
mezhevaya verst
0.0005
kosaya sazhen
0.4609
sazhen
0.5357
makhovaya sazhen
0.6494
ell
2.7214
foot
3.75
line
450
inch
45
pyad
6.4286
Hungarian
faust
10.8485
Croatian
hvat
0.6027
Greek
pike
1.6099
pygme
3.3035
stadium olympic
0.0059
stadium attic
0.0062
stadium ptolemey
0.0062
thousand of orgium
0.0006
mile
0.0008
Japanese
kairi
0.0006
cho
0.0105
jyo
0.3772
shyaku
3.7719
sun
37.7187
mon
47.625
ri
0.0003
ken
0.6287
Chinese
li (small)
3429.0003
li
0.0023
ch'ih
3.1915
foot
3.0769
inch
30.7692
mile
0.0021
yard
1.2821
pu
0.6383
hu
3429000.3429
si
342900.0343
hao
34290.0034
fen
342.9
cun
34.29
chi
3.429
bu
0.6858
zhang
0.3429
yin
0.0343
Thai
yote
7.1449 x 10
-05
sen
0.0286
sawk
2.2864
keub
4.5727
nieu
54.8728
kabiet
219.4911
wah
0.5715
Indian
moot
15
Cambodian
hat
2.286
Israeli
reed
0.4267
Egyptian
river
0.0006
feet
3.175
foot
3.175
cubit
2.54
cubit (Royal)
2.1834
diraa
1.9707
Roman
cubit
2.5743
feet
3.8615
foot
3.8615
stride
0.7723
milliare
773.3424
pace
0.7723
mile
0.0008
millarium
0.0007
akt
0.0298
decimpeda
0.3577
ped (foot) legal
4.2938
ped ordinary
3.5772
ounce (inch)
42.9269
digit
57.2359
Biblical
etzbah
60
span
5
handbreadth
14.2875
cubit
2.5
Iranian
arshin
1.099
Iraqi
arshin
0.0153
dra
1.5342
foot
3.6171
feet
3.6171
Mexican
vara
1.3639
Argentine
pie
3.9564
cuadra
0.0088
braza
0.6595
Other
caliber
45
button measure
1800
arms-length
1.6329
bohr
21599455761.7446
attometer
1.143 x 10
18
bamboo
0.3572
barleycorn
134.4706
bee space
175.8462
bicron
1143000000000
cuerda
0.0544
dekameter
0.1143
didot point
3031.8302
digit
60.1579
cuadra
0.0136
douzieme (print)
6480
douzieme (watchmaking)
6079.7872
em
271.0125
exameter
1.143 x 10
-18
fathom (ancient)
0.6249
femtometer
1.143 x 10
15
fermi
1.143 x 10
15
finger
10
fingerbreadth
60
fist
11.43
fod
3.639
gigameter
1.143 x 10
-09
gigaparsec
3.7042 x 10
-26
gnat's eye
9144
goad
0.8333
gry
5399.9915
hair's breadth
11430
hectometer
0.0114
heer
0.0156
iron
2160
klick
0.0011
kyu
4572
lap (competition)
0.0029
lap (old)
0.0028
lap (olympic pool)
0.0114
league (ancient Celtic)
0.0005
leap
0.5556
legoa
0.0002
legua
0.0003
kerat
39.965
kilofoot
0.0038
kiloparsec
3.7042 x 10
-20
kiloyard
0.0012
kind
2.286
pik
1.6099
Q
4572
quadrant
1.1429 x 10
-07
quarter
0.0028
quarter (cloth)
5
quarter (print)
4572
range
0.0001
ridge
0.1852
pole
0.2273
sadzhen
0.5357
sagene
0.5357
Scots foot
3.7298
Scots mile
0.0006
seemeile
0.0006
shackle
0.0417
shaftment
7.5575
shaftment (ancient)
6.9273
shaku
3.7723
U
25.7143
toise
0.5865
township
0.0001
tu
7.0937 x 10
-06
twain
0.3125
X unit
11406363733072.3
verge
1.25
smoot
0.6716
roede
0.1143
rood
0.3025
rope
0.3025
royal foot
3.5186
t'sun
31.9274
tenthmeter
11430000000
terameter
1.143 x 10
-12
stadium
0.0062
step
1.5
stick
0.375
story
0.3464
stride
0.75
micromicron
1143000000000
micron
1143000
miglio
0.0008
metric mile
0.0008
metric mile (high school)
0.0007
microinch
45000000
meile (geographische)
0.0002
line (small)
1800
lug
0.2273
lug (great)
0.1786
marathon
2.7089 x 10
-05
mark twain
0.3125
megameter
1.143 x 10
-06
megaparsec
3.7042 x 10
-23
pearl
650.43
perch
0.2273
pertica
0.3861
pes
3.8524
petameter
1.143 x 10
-15
parasang
0.0002
Paris foot
3.5186
picometer
1143000000000
military pace
1.5
military pace (double time)
1.25
myriameter
0.0001
nail
20
pace (great)
0.75
millimicron
1143000000
yoctometer
1.143 x 10
24
yottameter
1.143 x 10
-24
zeptometer
1.143 x 10
21
zettameter
1.143 x 10
-21
Direct Link
baltsoft software © 2008-2010 all rights reserved
Do you have suggestions, feetback or questions? Contact Us!
Let's make Convert Center multilingual!