Length Converter
Practical Applications
Civil construction, architecture, navigation, cartography, industrial manufacturing, medicine, and practically any field involving physical measurements.
Historical Context
Length measurement has existed since ancient civilizations, where Egyptians and Mesopotamians used body parts as reference. The metric system for length measurements was standardized during the French Revolution.
Did You Know?
The most precise unit of length currently is based on the speed of light in vacuum, defining the meter as the distance traveled by light in 1/299,792,458 seconds.
Common pairs of Length