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foot

Symbol:

Category:

Length

SI Equivalent:

0.3048 m

Dimension:

System:

UK, US, FPS

Notes

This unit was based on the length of the human foot. It is now defined in terms of the meter as exactly 0.3048 m (USMB of 1959 and WMA of 1963).

1 foot	= 1/3 yards
	= 12 inches
	= 144 lines (UK)
	= 480 lines (US)

1 ft =

Length
	Symbol	Unit Name
5.75988×10⁹	a.u., a₀, b	a.u. of length
3.048×10⁹	Å	angstrom
1047.83	arcmin	arcmin
2.03746×10^-12	AU, UA	astronomical unit
3.048×10¹⁷	am	attometer
36		barleycorn (UK)
5.75988×10⁹	a₀, b	bohr (first Bohr radius)
8.33333×10^-3		bolt (US cloth)
144	line (UK)	button (UK)
480	line (US)	button (US)
1.64579×10^-3		cable length (int.)
1.64474×10^-3		cable length (UK)
1.38889×10^-3		cable length (US)
1200	caliber, cin	caliber (centiinch)
30.48	cm	centimeter
1×10^-2	ch	chain (engineer's)
1.51515×10^-2	ch	chain (Gunter's)
1×10^-2	ch	chain (Ramsden's)
1.51515×10^-2	ch	chain (surveyor's)
0.666667		cubit (UK)
3.048×10^-2	dam	decameter
3.048	dm	decimeter
1.08164×10¹⁴	r_e	electron classical radius
0.266667		ell
72.2703		ems (pica)
3.048×10^-19	Em	exameter
0.166667	fath	fathom
3.048×10¹⁴	fm	femtometer
3.048×10¹⁴	F, f	fermi
5.75988×10⁹	a₀, b, a.u.	first Bohr radius
914.4	fr	French
1.51515×10^-3	fur	furlong (UK)
1.51515×10^-3	fur	furlong (US)
3.048×10^-10	Gm	gigameter
3	hd	hand (UK)
3.048×10^-3	hm	hectometer
3.22181×10^-26		hubble
12	in	inch
3.048×10^-4	km	kilometer
9.8779×10^-21	kpc	kiloparsec
6.31448×10^-5		league (Canadian)
5.48596×10^-5	leag. (int. naut.)	league (int. naut.)
6.31313×10^-5	leag. (stat.)	league (statute, land)
5.48246×10^-5	leag. (UK, naut.)	league (UK, naut.)
5.48246×10^-5	leag. (US, naut.)	league (US, naut.)
1.17674×10^-14		light-day
2.82418×10^-13		light-hour
1.69451×10^-11		light-minute
1.0167×10^-9		light-second
3.22181×10^-17	ly	light-year
144	line (UK)	line (UK)
480	line (US)	line (US)
1		link (engineer's)
1.51515		link (Gunter's)
1		link (Ramsden's)
1.51515		link (surveyor's)
3.048×10^-7	Mm	megameter
0.3048	m	meter
1.2×10⁷	µin	microinch
3.048×10⁵	µm	micron
1.2×10⁴	mil, thou	mil (thou)
4.10694×10^-5	mile (geogr.)	mile (geographical)
1.89394×10^-4	mi (int.)	mile (international)
1.64579×10^-4	mi (naut., int.)	mile (nautical, international)
1.64285×10^-4	mi (naut., teleg.)	mile (nautical, telegraph)
1.64474×10^-4	mi (naut., UK, US)	mile (nautical, UK, US)
1.89394×10^-4	mi (stat.)	mile (statute, land)
1.89394×10^-4	mi (survey, US)	mile (survey, US)
304.8	mm	millimeter
3.048×10⁸	mµ, nm	millimicron
1.33333		nail (UK)
3.048×10⁸	nm	nanometer
1.64579×10^-4	mi (int. naut.)	nautical mile (international)
1.64474×10^-4	mi (UK, US, naut.)	nautical mile (UK, US)
0.4		pace (UK)
4		palm (UK)
9.8779×10^-18	pc	parsec
6.06061×10^-2	rd	perch (rod, pole)
3.048×10^-16	Pm	petameter
72.27		pica
3.048×10¹¹	pm	picometer
867.24		point (US printer's)
6.06061×10^-2	rd	pole (rod, perch)
3.048×10^-8		quadrant
6.06061×10^-2	rd	rod (perch, pole)
5×10^-2		rope (UK)
1.33333		span
3.048×10^-13	Tm	terameter
1.2×10⁴	thou, mil	thou (mil)
3.04737×10¹²	UX, X	X-unit
0.333333	yd	yard
3.048×10²³	ym	yoctometer
3.048×10^-25	Ym	yottameter
3.048×10²⁰	zm	zeptometer
3.048×10^-22	Zm	zettameter


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