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chain (engineer's)

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Length

SI Equivalent:

30.48 m

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Notes

Surveyor's unit of length.

1 chain (engineer's)	= 1/6.6 furlong (US)
	= 6 rods
	= 100 feet
	= 100 links (US)

1 ch =

Length
	Symbol	Unit Name
5.75988×10¹¹	a.u., a₀, b	a.u. of length
3.048×10¹¹	Å	angstrom
1.04783×10⁵	arcmin	arcmin
2.03746×10^-10	AU, UA	astronomical unit
3.048×10¹⁹	am	attometer
3600		barleycorn (UK)
5.75988×10¹¹	a₀, b	bohr (first Bohr radius)
0.833333		bolt (US cloth)
1.44×10⁴	line (UK)	button (UK)
4.8×10⁴	line (US)	button (US)
0.164579		cable length (int.)
0.164474		cable length (UK)
0.138889		cable length (US)
1.2×10⁵	caliber, cin	caliber (centiinch)
3048	cm	centimeter
1.51515	ch	chain (Gunter's)
1	ch	chain (Ramsden's)
1.51515	ch	chain (surveyor's)
66.6667		cubit (UK)
3.048	dam	decameter
304.8	dm	decimeter
1.08164×10¹⁶	r_e	electron classical radius
26.6667		ell
7227.03		ems (pica)
3.048×10^-17	Em	exameter
16.6667	fath	fathom
3.048×10¹⁶	fm	femtometer
3.048×10¹⁶	F, f	fermi
5.75988×10¹¹	a₀, b, a.u.	first Bohr radius
100	ft	foot
9.144×10⁴	fr	French
0.151515	fur	furlong (UK)
0.151515	fur	furlong (US)
3.048×10^-8	Gm	gigameter
300	hd	hand (UK)
0.3048	hm	hectometer
3.22181×10^-24		hubble
1200	in	inch
3.048×10^-2	km	kilometer
9.8779×10^-19	kpc	kiloparsec
6.31448×10^-3		league (Canadian)
5.48596×10^-3	leag. (int. naut.)	league (int. naut.)
6.31313×10^-3	leag. (stat.)	league (statute, land)
5.48246×10^-3	leag. (UK, naut.)	league (UK, naut.)
5.48246×10^-3	leag. (US, naut.)	league (US, naut.)
1.17674×10^-12		light-day
2.82418×10^-11		light-hour
1.69451×10^-9		light-minute
1.0167×10^-7		light-second
3.22181×10^-15	ly	light-year
1.44×10⁴	line (UK)	line (UK)
4.8×10⁴	line (US)	line (US)
100		link (engineer's)
151.515		link (Gunter's)
100		link (Ramsden's)
151.515		link (surveyor's)
3.048×10^-5	Mm	megameter
30.48	m	meter
1.2×10⁹	µin	microinch
3.048×10⁷	µm	micron
1.2×10⁶	mil, thou	mil (thou)
4.10694×10^-3	mile (geogr.)	mile (geographical)
1.89394×10^-2	mi (int.)	mile (international)
1.64579×10^-2	mi (naut., int.)	mile (nautical, international)
1.64285×10^-2	mi (naut., teleg.)	mile (nautical, telegraph)
1.64474×10^-2	mi (naut., UK, US)	mile (nautical, UK, US)
1.89394×10^-2	mi (stat.)	mile (statute, land)
1.89394×10^-2	mi (survey, US)	mile (survey, US)
3.048×10⁴	mm	millimeter
3.048×10¹⁰	mµ, nm	millimicron
133.333		nail (UK)
3.048×10¹⁰	nm	nanometer
1.64579×10^-2	mi (int. naut.)	nautical mile (international)
1.64474×10^-2	mi (UK, US, naut.)	nautical mile (UK, US)
40		pace (UK)
400		palm (UK)
9.8779×10^-16	pc	parsec
6.06061	rd	perch (rod, pole)
3.048×10^-14	Pm	petameter
7227		pica
3.048×10¹³	pm	picometer
8.6724×10⁴		point (US printer's)
6.06061	rd	pole (rod, perch)
3.048×10^-6		quadrant
6.06061	rd	rod (perch, pole)
5		rope (UK)
133.333		span
3.048×10^-11	Tm	terameter
1.2×10⁶	thou, mil	thou (mil)
3.04737×10¹⁴	UX, X	X-unit
33.3333	yd	yard
3.048×10²⁵	ym	yoctometer
3.048×10^-23	Ym	yottameter
3.048×10²²	zm	zeptometer
3.048×10^-20	Zm	zettameter

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