Meter conversions
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About meter
The meter is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). One meter is equal to 100 centimeters (cm) or 1,000 millimeters (mm) (SI units of length).
One meter (m) is also equal to approximately 3.2808 feet (ft), or 39.370 inches (in), or 6.2137 × 10-4 miles (mi) or 1.09361 yards (yd), which are US customary / Imperial units of length.
The meter is widely used around the world for many everyday length measurements.
Symbol: m
Plural: meters
Also called: metre (plural: metres, Int. spelling)
Subdivisions and multiples of the meter using SI prefixes
Subdivisions of the meter | ||
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Name | Symbol | Value |
decimeter | dm | 10-1 m |
centimeter | cm | 10-2 m |
millimeter | mm | 10-3 m |
micrometer | μm | 10-6 m |
nanometer | nm | 10-9 m |
picometer | pm | 10-12 m |
femtometer | fm | 10-15 m |
attometer | am | 10-18 m |
zeptometer | zm | 10-21 m |
yoctometer | ym | 10-24 m |
Multiples of the meter | ||
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Name | Symbol | Value |
decameter | dam | 101 m |
hectometer | hm | 102 m |
kilometer | km | 103 m |
megameter | Mm | 106 m |
gigameter | Gm | 109 m |
terameter | Tm | 1012 m |
petameter | Pm | 1015 m |
exameter | Em | 1018 m |
zettameter | Zm | 1021 m |
yottameter | Ym | 1024 m |
Meter conversions: a list with conversions from meters to other (metric, imperial, or customary) length and distance measurement units is presented below.
- meter to angstrom (m to Å)
- meter to astronomical unit (m to AU)
- meter to Bohr radius (m to a0)
- meter to cable (International)
- meter to cable (UK)
- meter to cable (US)
- meter to centimeter (m to cm)
- meter to chain (m to ch)
- meter to cubit
- meter to decameter (m to dam)
- meter to decimeter (m to dm)
- meter to Earth radius (m to RE)
- meter to Earth-Moon distance
- meter to Earth-Sun distance
- meter to fathom (m to ftm)
- meter to femtometer (m to fm)
- meter to fermi (m to fm)
- meter to foot (m to ft)
- meter to furlong (m to fur)
- meter to hectometer (m to hm)
- meter to inch (m to in)
- meter to kilometer (m to km)
- meter to league (m to lea)
- meter to light-day
- meter to light-hour
- meter to light-minute
- meter to light-second
- meter to light-year (m to ly)
- meter to micrometer (m to μm)
- meter to micron (m to μ)
- meter to mil
- meter to mile (m to mi)
- meter to millimeter (m to mm)
- meter to nanometer (m to nm)
- meter to nautical league
- meter to nautical mile (m to nmi)
- meter to parsec (m to pc)
- meter to picometer (m to pm)
- meter to Plank length
- meter to quarter
- meter to rod (m to rd)
- meter to yard (m to yd)