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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".
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The shackle is a traditional unit of length used for measuring the lengths of nautical cables and chains, especially anchor chains. Anchor chains are formed by using shackles to join short lengths of chain. When the anchor is dropped and the chain runs out, a seaman counting the number of shackles can report the total length of chain deployed. The size of the unit therefore varied somewhat, depending on the length of the short chains used. In Britain, the unit became standardized in the 16th century at 12.5 fathoms (75 feet or 22.86 meters). In 1949, the Royal Navy adopted a length of 15 fathoms, which is 90 feet or 27.432 meters; this brought the British shackle in line with the U.S. unit, which is usually called the shot.
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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.
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Convert from shackle
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)
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1 shackle is equal to:
Metric
angstrom
274320000000
centimeter
2743.2
decimeter
274.32
kilometer
0.0274
meter
27.432
micrometer
27432000
millimeter
27432
nanometer
27432000000
British and U.S.
yard
30
mil
1080000
mile
0.017
link
136.3634
line
12959.7959
rod
5.4545
thou
1080000
league
0.0057
hand
270
inch
1080
foot
89.9998
furlong
0.1364
chain
1.3636
Nautical
fathom
15
league
0.0049
mile
0.0148
cable
0.125
short cable
0.1481
Engineer
chain (Ramsden)
0.9
link (Ramden)
90
Survey
rod
5.4545
feet
89.9998
furlong
0.1364
Astronomical
hubble
2.8996 x 10
-24
astronomical unit
1.8337 x 10
-10
siriometer
1.8337 x 10
-16
spat
2.7432 x 10
-11
light year
2.9016 x 10
-15
parsec
8.8901 x 10
-16
red shift
2.1057 x 10
-25
light minute
1.5251 x 10
-09
light second
9.1503 x 10
-08
Typographical (British and U.S. - ATA system)
pica (PostScript)
6480.0005
pixel
104071.8214
pica
6504.3001
twip
1555190.2035
point (Adobe)
7.7777
point
78377.1429
point (PostScript)
78051.6
Typographical (Europe - Didot system)
point
72763.9257
cicero
6079.7872
South American
vara
31.75
African
mkono
60
South African
cape foot
87.125
cape inch
1045.4999
cape rood
7.2604
U.S.
braza (Texas)
16.2032
cable
0.125
block (East U.S.)
0.3409
block (Midwest U.S.)
0.2727
block (South, West U.S.)
0.1705
city block (East U.S.)
0.3409
city block (Midwest U.S.)
0.2727
city block (South, West U.S.)
0.1705
click (military)
0.0274
legua (Texas)
0.0065
football field (complete)
0.25
football field
0.3
foot
90
feet
90
palmo (Texas)
129.5796
palm
120
vara (Texas)
32.3999
vara (California)
32.7272
pie (Texas)
97.2077
Canadian
feet (pre-1963)
84.4062
foot (pre-1963)
84.4062
football field
0.2727
arpent
0.4692
British
cable
0.148
ell
24
fall
4
palm
365.76
mile (ancient)
0.017
German
meile
0.0036
rute
7.3152
elle
45.72
fuss
86.7882
zoll
1041.4579
Austrian
klafter
14.4645
elle
35.2008
faden
14.4645
meile
0.0036
Swiss
ligne
12159.5745
faden
15.24
klafter
15.24
zoll
914.4
Irish
mile
0.0134
perch
4.2857
Scottish
mile
0.0151
fall
4.8381
ell
29.0286
Swedish
alen
46.1974
Danish
alen
43.7024
Swedish
mil
0.0027
Danish
miil (mijl)
0.0037
Swedish
miil (mijl) (ancient)
0.0026
Scandinavian
alen
45.72
Dutch
ell
39.7565
foot
96.8884
feet
96.8884
palm
274.32
French
mille
0.0141
ligne
12959.7959
lieue metrique (metric)
0.0069
lieue marine (nautical)
0.0049
lieue de post (post)
0.007
pouce (inch)
1013.3727
pied de roi (foot)
84.4476
feet
84.4476
foot
84.4476
arpent
0.4692
perche
4.6915
toise
14.0746
lieue commune
0.0062
canne
13.716
Spanish
paso
19.6904
linea
14177.0812
punto
170125.0449
braza
16.4263
cana
13.716
estadio
0.1577
legua (post-1568)
0.0041
legua (pre-1568)
0.0066
pie
98.4637
pulgada
1159.9154
vara
32.8185
milla
0.0197
palmo
137.16
Portuguese
palmo
124.6909
pe
82.319
milha
0.0131
polegada
987.8286
estadio
0.1051
vara
24.9382
Italian
canna
13.716
braccio
39.1886
pie
92.0537
Russian
vershok
617.1429
verst
0.0257
werst
0.0257
arsheen
38.5714
dra
38.5714
mile
0.0037
mezhevaya verst
0.0129
kosaya sazhen
11.0613
sazhen
12.8571
makhovaya sazhen
15.5864
ell
65.3143
foot
90
line
10800
inch
1080
pyad
154.2857
Hungarian
faust
260.3645
Croatian
hvat
14.4645
Greek
pike
38.6366
pygme
79.2832
stadium olympic
0.1427
stadium attic
0.1483
stadium ptolemey
0.1483
thousand of orgium
0.0148
mile
0.0198
Japanese
kairi
0.0148
cho
0.2515
jyo
9.0525
shyaku
90.525
sun
905.2497
mon
1143
ri
0.007
ken
15.0891
Chinese
li (small)
82296.0082
li
0.0549
ch'ih
76.5957
foot
73.8462
inch
738.4615
mile
0.0492
yard
30.7692
pu
15.3191
hu
82296008.2296
si
8229600.823
hao
822960.0823
fen
8229.6008
cun
822.9601
chi
82.296
bu
16.4592
zhang
8.2296
yin
0.823
Thai
yote
0.0017
sen
0.6859
sawk
54.8728
keub
109.7456
nieu
1316.9467
kabiet
5267.7868
wah
13.716
Indian
moot
360
Cambodian
hat
54.864
Israeli
reed
10.2396
Egyptian
river
0.0137
feet
76.2
foot
76.2
cubit
60.96
cubit (Royal)
52.4011
diraa
47.2966
Roman
cubit
61.7838
feet
92.6757
foot
92.6757
stride
18.5351
milliare
18560.2165
pace
18.5351
mile
0.018
millarium
0.0172
akt
0.7154
decimpeda
8.5854
ped (foot) legal
103.0503
ped ordinary
85.8538
ounce (inch)
1030.2452
digit
1373.6605
Biblical
etzbah
1440
span
120
handbreadth
342.9
cubit
60
Iranian
arshin
26.3769
Iraqi
arshin
0.3682
dra
36.8215
foot
86.8101
feet
86.8101
Mexican
vara
32.7343
Argentine
pie
94.9533
cuadra
0.211
braza
15.8292
Other
caliber
1080
button measure
43200
arms-length
39.1886
bohr
518386938281.87
attometer
2.7432 x 10
19
bamboo
8.5725
barleycorn
3227.2941
bee space
4220.3077
bicron
27432000000000
cuerda
1.3063
dekameter
2.7432
didot point
72763.9257
digit
1443.7895
cuadra
0.3266
douzieme (print)
155520
douzieme (watchmaking)
145914.8936
em
6504.3001
exameter
2.7432 x 10
-17
fathom (ancient)
14.9984
femtometer
2.7432 x 10
16
fermi
2.7432 x 10
16
finger
240
fingerbreadth
1440
fist
274.32
fod
87.3352
gigameter
2.7432 x 10
-08
gigaparsec
8.8901 x 10
-25
gnat's eye
219456
goad
20
gry
129599.7959
hair's breadth
274320
hectometer
0.2743
heer
0.375
iron
51840
klick
0.0274
kyu
109728
lap (competition)
0.0686
lap (old)
0.0682
lap (olympic pool)
0.2743
league (ancient Celtic)
0.0121
leap
13.3333
legoa
0.0044
legua
0.0065
kerat
959.1608
kilofoot
0.09
kiloparsec
8.8901 x 10
-19
kiloyard
0.03
kind
54.864
pik
38.6366
Q
109728
quadrant
2.7428 x 10
-06
quarter
0.0682
quarter (cloth)
120
quarter (print)
109728
range
0.0028
ridge
4.4444
pole
5.4545
sadzhen
12.8571
sagene
12.8571
Scots foot
89.5154
Scots mile
0.0151
seemeile
0.0148
shackle
1
shaftment
181.3806
shaftment (ancient)
166.2545
shaku
90.5347
U
617.1429
toise
14.0749
township
0.0028
tu
0.0002
twain
7.5
X unit
273752729593736
verge
30
smoot
16.1194
roede
2.7432
rood
7.2604
rope
7.2604
royal foot
84.4476
t'sun
766.257
tenthmeter
274320000000
terameter
2.7432 x 10
-11
stadium
0.1483
step
36
stick
9
story
8.3127
stride
18
micromicron
27432000000000
micron
27432000
miglio
0.0184
metric mile
0.0183
metric mile (high school)
0.0171
microinch
1080000000
meile (geographische)
0.0037
line (small)
43200
lug
5.4545
lug (great)
4.2857
marathon
0.0007
mark twain
7.5
megameter
2.7432 x 10
-05
megaparsec
8.8901 x 10
-22
pearl
15610.3202
perch
5.4545
pertica
9.2676
pes
92.457
petameter
2.7432 x 10
-14
parasang
0.0046
Paris foot
84.4476
picometer
27432000000000
military pace
36
military pace (double time)
30
myriameter
0.0027
nail
480
pace (great)
18
millimicron
27432000000
yoctometer
2.7432 x 10
25
yottameter
2.7432 x 10
-23
zeptometer
2.7432 x 10
22
zettameter
2.7432 x 10
-20
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