Length Unit

The meter (symbol m) is the basic unit length of the international system.

Main multiples and submultiples of the meter:
Unit Symbol Length in meters
The kilometer km 1 000
The hectometer hm 100
The decameter dam 10
The decimeter dm 0,1
The centimeter cm 0.01
The millimeter mm 0.001
Anglo-American unit: the Inch

Anglo-Americans use the Inch unit (symbol in, inch, inches in the plural) to measure objects and distances of small size. 1 inch is equal to 2.54 cm.

The multiples of the Inches are:
Unit Symbol Length in inches
The foot (feet in English) ft 12
The yard (yard in English) yd 36
The mile mi 63360

The inch is commonly used to measure for example:

    The sizes of wheels and tires of vehicles,
    The dimensions of the screens,
    The sizes of the components in electronics,
    The resolution of printers and scanners expressed in dots per inch (DPI),
    The distances between the lines on a football field.

Conversion table centimeters / inches

Conversion and correspondence table: centimeters, meters and kilometers to inches, feet and yards.
Thumb (in) Foot (ft) Yard (yd)
1 centimeter (cm) = 0.393 7 0.032 808 0.010 936
1 meter (m) = 39.37 3.280 8 1.093 613
1 kilometer (km) = 39,370,3280.8 1,093,613

For your calculations you can use our Centimeter/inch converter
Conversion table inches / centimeters

Conversion and correspondence table: inches, feet, yards and miles to centimeters, meters and kilometers
Centimeter (cm) Meter (m) Kilometer (km)
1 inch (in) = 2.54 0.025 4 0.000 025 4
1 foot (ft) = 30.48 0.3048 0.000 304 8
1 yard (yd) = 91.44 0.9144 0.000 914 4
1 mile (mi) = 160,934.4 1,609,344 1,609 344

For your calculations you can use our inch/centimeter converter

Other length units

    The international marine mile or nautical mile (NM) is used in sea and air navigation. 1 mile marine is worth 1,852 km.
    The rod is an old unit of length. It is six feet, two yards or one and a half yards.
    The light year (symbol al) is used in astronomy. A light year corresponds to the distance traveled by light in a year and is worth about 9 461 billion kilometers.
    The inch gas is a unit used in water and gas plumbing to size tubes and threads. 1 inch gas is about 3 cm.
    the league is an old unit of length used in Europe and originally based on the distance that a man can walk or ride in an hour. There are several definitions of the league (examples: the postal leagues are worth 4,288 km, the metric league is worth 4 km).

Area Units

The area designates the surface layer of an object.
The term area is used in mathematics whereas the term area is used mainly for the measurement of the surface of land.

Base unit: the square meter

The square meter (m2 symbol) is the basic unit for measuring an area. 1 square meter corresponds to the surface of a square of one meter of side.

Main multiple and submultiple of the square meter:
Unit Symbol Area in square meters
The kilometer square km² 1 000 000
The square hectometre hm² 10 000
The square decameter dam² 100
The square decimeter dm² 0,01
The square centimeter cm² 0.000 1
The square millimeter mm² 0.000 001

you can use our area converter to convert area measures between different units.
 
Other surface units

    As with length units, there is a set of Anglo-American units for measuring an area: the square inch is 6.4516 cm², the square feet (square feet in English) Is worth about 929 cm ², the square yard is worth about 8 361 cm ², the square mile is about 2.59 km ².
    For the measurement of the surface area of ​​a site, use is made of the acres and the hectare.
    The acre and acre are ancient units of measure of the area of ​​land whose values ​​have changed considerably over time and by region.