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line (US)
Symbol:  line (US) 
Category:  Length 
SI Equivalent:  6.35×10-4 m
Dimension:  L 
System:  US 
 
Notes
1 line (US)= 1/40 inch
 = 1/480 foot
 = 1/1440 yard
Convert     line (US)  
1 line (US) =
Length
  Symbol Unit Name
1.19998×107  a.u., a0, b  a.u. of length 
6.35×106  Å  angstrom 
2.18297  arcmin  arcmin 
4.24471×10-15  AU, UA  astronomical unit 
6.35×1014  am  attometer 
7.5×10-2    barleycorn (UK) 
1.19998×107  a0, b  bohr (first Bohr radius) 
1.73611×10-5    bolt (US cloth) 
0.3  line (UK)  button (UK) 
1  line (US)  button (US) 
3.42873×10-6    cable length (int.) 
3.42654×10-6    cable length (UK) 
2.89352×10-6    cable length (US) 
2.5  caliber, cin  caliber (centiinch) 
6.35×10-2  cm  centimeter 
2.08333×10-5  ch  chain (engineer's) 
3.15657×10-5  ch  chain (Gunter's) 
2.08333×10-5  ch  chain (Ramsden's) 
3.15657×10-5  ch  chain (surveyor's) 
1.38889×10-3    cubit (UK) 
6.35×10-5  dam  decameter 
6.35×10-3  dm  decimeter 
2.25342×1011  re  electron classical radius 
5.55556×10-4    ell 
0.150563    ems (pica) 
6.35×10-22  Em  exameter 
3.47222×10-4  fath  fathom 
6.35×1011  fm  femtometer 
6.35×1011  F, f  fermi 
1.19998×107  a0, b, a.u.  first Bohr radius 
2.08333×10-3  ft  foot 
1.905  fr  French 
3.15657×10-6  fur  furlong (UK) 
3.15657×10-6  fur  furlong (US) 
6.35×10-13  Gm  gigameter 
6.25×10-3  hd  hand (UK) 
6.35×10-6  hm  hectometer 
6.7121×10-29    hubble 
2.5×10-2  in  inch 
6.35×10-7  km  kilometer 
2.05789×10-23  kpc  kiloparsec 
1.31552×10-7    league (Canadian) 
1.14291×10-7  leag. (int. naut.)  league (int. naut.) 
1.31524×10-7  leag. (stat.)  league (statute, land) 
1.14218×10-7  leag. (UK, naut.)  league (UK, naut.) 
1.14218×10-7  leag. (US, naut.)  league (US, naut.) 
2.45154×10-17    light-day 
5.8837×10-16    light-hour 
3.53022×10-14    light-minute 
2.11813×10-12    light-second 
6.7121×10-20  ly  light-year 
0.3  line (UK)  line (UK) 
2.08333×10-3    link (engineer's) 
3.15657×10-3    link (Gunter's) 
2.08333×10-3    link (Ramsden's) 
3.15657×10-3    link (surveyor's) 
6.35×10-10  Mm  megameter 
6.35×10-4  m  meter 
2.5×104  µin  microinch 
635  µm  micron 
25  mil, thou  mil (thou) 
8.55612×10-8  mile (geogr.)  mile (geographical) 
3.9457×10-7  mi (int.)  mile (international) 
3.42873×10-7  mi (naut., int.)  mile (nautical, international) 
3.42259×10-7  mi (naut., teleg.)  mile (nautical, telegraph) 
3.42654×10-7  mi (naut., UK, US)  mile (nautical, UK, US) 
3.94571×10-7  mi (stat.)  mile (statute, land) 
3.9457×10-7  mi (survey, US)  mile (survey, US) 
0.635  mm  millimeter 
6.35×105  mµ, nm  millimicron 
2.77778×10-3    nail (UK) 
6.35×105  nm  nanometer 
3.42873×10-7  mi (int. naut.)  nautical mile (international) 
3.42654×10-7  mi (UK, US, naut.)  nautical mile (UK, US) 
8.33333×10-4    pace (UK) 
8.33333×10-3    palm (UK) 
2.05789×10-20  pc  parsec 
1.26263×10-4  rd  perch (rod, pole) 
6.35×10-19  Pm  petameter 
0.150562    pica 
6.35×108  pm  picometer 
1.80675    point (US printer's) 
1.26263×10-4  rd  pole (rod, perch) 
6.35×10-11    quadrant 
1.26263×10-4  rd  rod (perch, pole) 
1.04167×10-4    rope (UK) 
2.77778×10-3    span 
6.35×10-16  Tm  terameter 
25  thou, mil  thou (mil) 
6.34868×109  UX, X  X-unit 
6.94444×10-4  yd  yard 
6.35×1020  ym  yoctometer 
6.35×10-28  Ym  yottameter 
6.35×1017  zm  zeptometer 
6.35×10-25  Zm  zettameter 
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