Length/Distance Convert from quadrant to chain [Gunter, survey]
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agate line [Adobe]
alen [Danish]
alen [Scandinavia]
alen [Swedish]
angstrom
arms-length
arpent [Canada]
arpent [France]
arsheen [Russia]
arshin [iran]
arshin [iraq]
astronomical unit
attometer
bamboo
barleycorn
bee space
bicron
block [East U.S.]
block [Midwest U.S.]
block [South, West U.S.]
bohr
braccio [Italy]
braza [Argentina]
braza [Spain]
braza [Texas]
button measure
cable [British]
cable [U.S.]
caliber
cana (canna, canne)
cape foot
cape inch
cape rood
centimeter
ch'ih [China]
chain [Gunter, survey]
chain [Ramsden, engineer]
chinese foot
chinese inch
chinese mile
chinese yard
city block [East U.S.]
city block [Midwest U.S.]
city block [South, West U.S.]
click [U.S. military]
cuadra
cuadra [Argentina]
cubit [Egyption]
cubit [English]
cubit [Roman]
cubit [Royal Egyptian]
cuerda
decimeter
dekameter
didot point
digit
diraa [Egypt]
dong [Vietnam]
douzieme [print]
douzieme [watchmaking]
dra [Iraq]
dra [Russia]
el [Dutch]
ell [English]
ell [Scotland]
elle [Germany]
elle [Vienna]
em
estadio [Portugal]
estadio [Spain]
exameter
faden [Austria]
faden [Switzerland]
fall [English]
fall [Scotland]
fathom
fathom [ancient]
faust [Hungary]
feet [Egypt]
feet [France]
feet [international, U.S.]
feet [iraq]
feet [Netherlands]
feet [pre-1963 Canada]
feet [Rome]
feet [survey]
femtometer
fermi
finger
fingerbreadth
fist
fod
foot [Egypt]
foot [France]
foot [international, U.S.]
foot [iraq]
foot [Netherlands]
foot [pre-1963 Canada]
foot [Rome]
foot [survey]
football field [Canada]
football field [U.S., complete]
football field [U.S.]
furlong [international]
furlong [survey]
fuss [German]
gigameter
gigaparsec
gnat's eye
goad
gry
hair's breadth
hand [non-equine]
handbreadth
hat [Cambodia]
hectometer
heer
hubble
hvat [Croatia]
inch [international, U.S.]
iron
ken [Japan]
kerat
kilofoot
kilometer
kiloparsec
kiloyard
kind
klafter [Austria]
klafter [Switzerland]
klick
kyu
lap [competition]
lap [old]
lap [olympic pool]
league [ancient Celtic]
league [nautical]
league [UK nautical]
league [UK]
league [US statute]
leap
legoa
legua
legua [Spanish, post-1568]
legua [Spanish, pre-1568]
legua [Texas]
li [ancient China]
li [imperial China]
li [modern China]
lieue [France, metric]
lieue [France, nautical]
lieue [France]
light year
ligne [France]
ligne [Swiss]
line
line [small]
link [Gunter, survey]
link [Ramden, engineer]
lug
lug [great]
marathon
mark twain
megameter
megaparsec
meile [Austria]
meile [geographische]
meile [North Germany]
meter
metre
metric mile
metric mile [high school]
microinch
micrometer
micromicron
micron
miglio
miil (mijl) [Danish]
miil (mijl) [Denmark]
miil (mijl) [Sweden, ancient]
mil
mil [Sweden]
mile [Britain, ancient]
mile [international]
mile [Irish]
mile [nautical, international]
mile [nautical, UK]
mile [nautical, US]
mile [Roman, ancient]
mile [Scottish]
mile [statute]
mile [survey, US]
milha [Portuguese]
military pace
military pace [double time]
milla [Spanish]
mille [French]
milliare [Rome]
millimeter
millimicron
mkono [Africa]
moot [India]
myriameter
nail
nanometer
nanon
pace [great]
pace [Roman]
palm [Britain, Roman minor]
palm [Dutch]
palm [US, Roman major]
palmo [Portuguese]
palmo [Spanish]
palmo [Texas]
parasang
Paris foot
parsec
pe [Portuguese]
pearl
perch
perch [Ireland]
pertica
pes
petameter
pica
picometer
pie [Argentina]
pie [Italian]
pie [Spanish]
pie [Texas]
pied de roi
pik
pike [Greece]
point [Adobe]
point [Britain, US]
point [Didot]
point [TeX]
pole
polegada [Portuguese]
pouce
pu [China]
pulgada
pygme [Greece]
Q
quadrant
quarter
quarter [cloth]
quarter [print]
range
reed [Israel]
ri [Japan]
ridge
river [Egypt]
rod [international]
rod [survey]
roede
rood
rope
royal foot
rute [Germany]
sadzhen
sagene
Scots foot
Scots mile
seemeile
shackle
shaftment
shaftment [ancient]
shaku
siriometer
smoot
span
spat
stadium
step
stick
story
stride [great]
stride [Roman]
t'sun
tenthmeter
terameter
thou
toise
township
tu
twain
twip
U
vara [California]
vara [Mexico]
vara [Portuguese]
vara [South America]
vara [Spanish]
vara [Texas]
verge
vershok
verst
wah [Thailand]
werst
X unit
yard
yoctometer
yottameter
zeptometer
zettameter
zoll [Germany]
zoll [Switzerland]
agate line [Adobe]
alen [Danish]
alen [Scandinavia]
alen [Swedish]
angstrom
arms-length
arpent [Canada]
arpent [France]
arsheen [Russia]
arshin [iran]
arshin [iraq]
astronomical unit
attometer
bamboo
barleycorn
bee space
bicron
block [East U.S.]
block [Midwest U.S.]
block [South, West U.S.]
bohr
braccio [Italy]
braza [Argentina]
braza [Spain]
braza [Texas]
button measure
cable [British]
cable [U.S.]
caliber
cana (canna, canne)
cape foot
cape inch
cape rood
centimeter
ch'ih [China]
chain [Gunter, survey]
chain [Ramsden, engineer]
chinese foot
chinese inch
chinese mile
chinese yard
city block [East U.S.]
city block [Midwest U.S.]
city block [South, West U.S.]
click [U.S. military]
cuadra
cuadra [Argentina]
cubit [Egyption]
cubit [English]
cubit [Roman]
cubit [Royal Egyptian]
cuerda
decimeter
dekameter
didot point
digit
diraa [Egypt]
dong [Vietnam]
douzieme [print]
douzieme [watchmaking]
dra [Iraq]
dra [Russia]
el [Dutch]
ell [English]
ell [Scotland]
elle [Germany]
elle [Vienna]
em
estadio [Portugal]
estadio [Spain]
exameter
faden [Austria]
faden [Switzerland]
fall [English]
fall [Scotland]
fathom
fathom [ancient]
faust [Hungary]
feet [Egypt]
feet [France]
feet [international, U.S.]
feet [iraq]
feet [Netherlands]
feet [pre-1963 Canada]
feet [Rome]
feet [survey]
femtometer
fermi
finger
fingerbreadth
fist
fod
foot [Egypt]
foot [France]
foot [international, U.S.]
foot [iraq]
foot [Netherlands]
foot [pre-1963 Canada]
foot [Rome]
foot [survey]
football field [Canada]
football field [U.S., complete]
football field [U.S.]
furlong [international]
furlong [survey]
fuss [German]
gigameter
gigaparsec
gnat's eye
goad
gry
hair's breadth
hand [non-equine]
handbreadth
hat [Cambodia]
hectometer
heer
hubble
hvat [Croatia]
inch [international, U.S.]
iron
ken [Japan]
kerat
kilofoot
kilometer
kiloparsec
kiloyard
kind
klafter [Austria]
klafter [Switzerland]
klick
kyu
lap [competition]
lap [old]
lap [olympic pool]
league [ancient Celtic]
league [nautical]
league [UK nautical]
league [UK]
league [US statute]
leap
legoa
legua
legua [Spanish, post-1568]
legua [Spanish, pre-1568]
legua [Texas]
li [ancient China]
li [imperial China]
li [modern China]
lieue [France, metric]
lieue [France, nautical]
lieue [France]
light year
ligne [France]
ligne [Swiss]
line
line [small]
link [Gunter, survey]
link [Ramden, engineer]
lug
lug [great]
marathon
mark twain
megameter
megaparsec
meile [Austria]
meile [geographische]
meile [North Germany]
meter
metre
metric mile
metric mile [high school]
microinch
micrometer
micromicron
micron
miglio
miil (mijl) [Danish]
miil (mijl) [Denmark]
miil (mijl) [Sweden, ancient]
mil
mil [Sweden]
mile [Britain, ancient]
mile [international]
mile [Irish]
mile [nautical, international]
mile [nautical, UK]
mile [nautical, US]
mile [Roman, ancient]
mile [Scottish]
mile [statute]
mile [survey, US]
milha [Portuguese]
military pace
military pace [double time]
milla [Spanish]
mille [French]
milliare [Rome]
millimeter
millimicron
mkono [Africa]
moot [India]
myriameter
nail
nanometer
nanon
pace [great]
pace [Roman]
palm [Britain, Roman minor]
palm [Dutch]
palm [US, Roman major]
palmo [Portuguese]
palmo [Spanish]
palmo [Texas]
parasang
Paris foot
parsec
pe [Portuguese]
pearl
perch
perch [Ireland]
pertica
pes
petameter
pica
picometer
pie [Argentina]
pie [Italian]
pie [Spanish]
pie [Texas]
pied de roi
pik
pike [Greece]
point [Adobe]
point [Britain, US]
point [Didot]
point [TeX]
pole
polegada [Portuguese]
pouce
pu [China]
pulgada
pygme [Greece]
Q
quadrant
quarter
quarter [cloth]
quarter [print]
range
reed [Israel]
ri [Japan]
ridge
river [Egypt]
rod [international]
rod [survey]
roede
rood
rope
royal foot
rute [Germany]
sadzhen
sagene
Scots foot
Scots mile
seemeile
shackle
shaftment
shaftment [ancient]
shaku
siriometer
smoot
span
spat
stadium
step
stick
story
stride [great]
stride [Roman]
t'sun
tenthmeter
terameter
thou
toise
township
tu
twain
twip
U
vara [California]
vara [Mexico]
vara [Portuguese]
vara [South America]
vara [Spanish]
vara [Texas]
verge
vershok
verst
wah [Thailand]
werst
X unit
yard
yoctometer
yottameter
zeptometer
zettameter
zoll [Germany]
zoll [Switzerland]
Result (rounded to 7 decimal places):
Related Categories: Common Length Conversions Metric Length Conversions
Unit Definition (quadrant) The quadrant is a unit of distance equal to the distance from the North Pole to the Equator. The metric system was originally designed to make this distance exactly 10 million meters (6213.71 miles). The actual meter comes close to the design. Using the conventional figures of 12 756 kilometers for the equatorial diameter of the earth and 12 714 kilometers for the polar diameter, and assuming the earth to have elliptic cross section, the length of the quadrant is about 10 001 300 meters (6214.52 miles). In principle, the quadrant is divided into 5400 nautical miles; in fact, 5400 international nautical miles equal 10 000 800 meters.
Unit Definition (chain [Gunter, survey]) The chain is a unit of distance formerly used by surveyors. The traditional British surveyor's chain, also called Gunter's chain because it was introduced by the English mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581-1626) in 1620, is 4 rods long: that's equal to exactly 1/80 mile, 1/10 furlong, 22 yards, or 66 feet (20.1168 meters). The traditional length of a cricket pitch is 1 chain. Gunter's chain has the useful property that an acre is exactly 10 square chains. The chain was divided into 100 links. American surveyors sometimes used a longer chain of 100 feet, known as the engineer's chain or Ramsden's chain. (However, Gunter's chain is also used in the U.S.; in fact, it is an important unit in the Public Lands Survey System.) In Texas, the vara chain of 2 varas (55.556 ft) was used in surveying Spanish land grants. In the metric world, surveyors often use a chain of 20 meters (65.617 ft).