Engineering Reference Tables / Units of Length

Unit of Length isused for measurement of things.units of length are centimeter (cm), decimeter (dm), meter (m), dekameter (dam), hectometer (hm), kilometer (km).

Length Unit Length Equivalent Unit
1 centimeter (cm) 10 millimeters 10 millimeters
1 decimeter (dm) 10 centimeters 100 millimeters
1 meter (m) 10 decimeters 1000 millimeters
1 dekameter (dam) 10 meters 1 dekameter
1 hectometer (hm) 10 dekameters 100 meters
1 kilometer (km) 10 hectometers 1000 meters


Units of Length - International Measure
Units of Length Inches Feet Yards Miles Centimeters Meters
1 inch = 1 0.083 333 33 0.027 777 78 0.000 015 782 83 2.54 0.025 4
1 foot = 12 1 0.333 333 3 0.000 189 393 9 30.48 0.304 8
1 yard = 36 3 1 0.000 568 181 8 91.44 0.914 4
1 mile = 63 360 5 280 1 760 1 160 934.4 1609.344
1 centimeter = 0.393 700 8 0.032 808 40 0.010 936 13 0.000 006 213 712 1 0.01
1 meter = 39.370 08 3.280 840 1.093 613 0.000 621 371 2 100 1

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