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span
Symbol:   
Category:  Length 
SI Equivalent:  0.2286 m
Dimension:  L 
System:  UK 
 
Notes
1 span (UK) = 9 inches
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Length
  Symbol Unit Name
4.31991×109  a.u., a0, b  a.u. of length 
2.286×109  Å  angstrom 
785.869  arcmin  arcmin 
1.5281×10-12  AU, UA  astronomical unit 
2.286×1017  am  attometer 
27    barleycorn (UK) 
4.31991×109  a0, b  bohr (first Bohr radius) 
6.25×10-3    bolt (US cloth) 
108  line (UK)  button (UK) 
360  line (US)  button (US) 
1.23434×10-3    cable length (int.) 
1.23355×10-3    cable length (UK) 
1.04167×10-3    cable length (US) 
900  caliber, cin  caliber (centiinch) 
22.86  cm  centimeter 
7.5×10-3  ch  chain (engineer's) 
1.13636×10-2  ch  chain (Gunter's) 
7.5×10-3  ch  chain (Ramsden's) 
1.13636×10-2  ch  chain (surveyor's) 
0.5    cubit (UK) 
2.286×10-2  dam  decameter 
2.286  dm  decimeter 
8.11231×1013  re  electron classical radius 
0.2    ell 
54.2027    ems (pica) 
2.286×10-19  Em  exameter 
0.125  fath  fathom 
2.286×1014  fm  femtometer 
2.286×1014  F, f  fermi 
4.31991×109  a0, b, a.u.  first Bohr radius 
0.75  ft  foot 
685.8  fr  French 
1.13636×10-3  fur  furlong (UK) 
1.13636×10-3  fur  furlong (US) 
2.286×10-10  Gm  gigameter 
2.25  hd  hand (UK) 
2.286×10-3  hm  hectometer 
2.41636×10-26    hubble 
9  in  inch 
2.286×10-4  km  kilometer 
7.40842×10-21  kpc  kiloparsec 
4.73586×10-5    league (Canadian) 
4.11447×10-5  leag. (int. naut.)  league (int. naut.) 
4.73485×10-5  leag. (stat.)  league (statute, land) 
4.11184×10-5  leag. (UK, naut.)  league (UK, naut.) 
4.11184×10-5  leag. (US, naut.)  league (US, naut.) 
8.82555×10-15    light-day 
2.11813×10-13    light-hour 
1.27088×10-11    light-minute 
7.62528×10-10    light-second 
2.41636×10-17  ly  light-year 
108  line (UK)  line (UK) 
360  line (US)  line (US) 
0.75    link (engineer's) 
1.13636    link (Gunter's) 
0.75    link (Ramsden's) 
1.13636    link (surveyor's) 
2.286×10-7  Mm  megameter 
0.2286  m  meter 
9×106  µin  microinch 
2.286×105  µm  micron 
9000  mil, thou  mil (thou) 
3.0802×10-5  mile (geogr.)  mile (geographical) 
1.42045×10-4  mi (int.)  mile (international) 
1.23434×10-4  mi (naut., int.)  mile (nautical, international) 
1.23213×10-4  mi (naut., teleg.)  mile (nautical, telegraph) 
1.23355×10-4  mi (naut., UK, US)  mile (nautical, UK, US) 
1.42045×10-4  mi (stat.)  mile (statute, land) 
1.42045×10-4  mi (survey, US)  mile (survey, US) 
228.6  mm  millimeter 
2.286×108  mµ, nm  millimicron 
1    nail (UK) 
2.286×108  nm  nanometer 
1.23434×10-4  mi (int. naut.)  nautical mile (international) 
1.23355×10-4  mi (UK, US, naut.)  nautical mile (UK, US) 
0.3    pace (UK) 
3    palm (UK) 
7.40842×10-18  pc  parsec 
4.54545×10-2  rd  perch (rod, pole) 
2.286×10-16  Pm  petameter 
54.2025    pica 
2.286×1011  pm  picometer 
650.43    point (US printer's) 
4.54545×10-2  rd  pole (rod, perch) 
2.286×10-8    quadrant 
4.54545×10-2  rd  rod (perch, pole) 
3.75×10-2    rope (UK) 
2.286×10-13  Tm  terameter 
9000  thou, mil  thou (mil) 
2.28552×1012  UX, X  X-unit 
0.25  yd  yard 
2.286×1023  ym  yoctometer 
2.286×10-25  Ym  yottameter 
2.286×1020  zm  zeptometer 
2.286×10-22  Zm  zettameter 
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