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miles-chains|4|mi|72|chain|km}} produces 4 miles 72 chains (4.90 miles, 7.89 km) Note that the parameters mi, chain and km are redundant in this template, but are provided to make conversion to the {{ convert }} template easier if selective linking is ever implemented.
kilometre (km) or kilometer is a metric unit used, outside the US, to measure the length of a journey; the international statute mile (mi) is used in the US; 1 mi = 1.609344 km; nautical mile is rarely used to derive units of transportation quantity.
l/km (L/km) Use L/km to get "L/km" l/km impgal/mi; l/km usgal/mi; miles per imperial gallon mpgimp mpgimp mpgus; miles per US gallon mpgus (mpgUS, mpgU.S.) Use mpgUS to get "US" Use mpgU.S. to get "U.S." mpgus will give "U.S." if spelling is set to US & "US" otherwise mpgus mpgimp; imperial gallons per mile impgal/mi impgal/mi; US gallons per mile
The French lieue — at different times — existed in several variants, namely 10,000, 12,000, 13,200 and 14,400 French feet, about 3.25 to 4.68 km (2.02 to 2.91 miles). It was used along with the metric system for a while, but is long discontinued.
For example, 10 miles per hour can be converted to metres per second by using a sequence of conversion factors as shown below: = . Each conversion factor is chosen based on the relationship between one of the original units and one of the desired units (or some intermediary unit), before being rearranged to create a factor that cancels out the ...
The kilometre (SI symbol: km; / ˈ k ɪ l ə m iː t ər / or / k ɪ ˈ l ɒ m ə t ər /), spelt kilometer in American and Philippine English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo-being the SI prefix for 1000).
Conversions between units in the metric system are defined by their prefixes (for example, 1 kilogram = 1000 grams, 1 milligram = 0.001 grams) and are thus not listed in this article. Exceptions are made if the unit is commonly known by another name (for example, 1 micron = 10 −6 metre).
The standardised Austrian mile used in southern Germany and the Austrian Empire was 7.586 km; the Prussian mile used in northern Germany was 7.5325 km. Following its standardisation by Ole Rømer in the late 17th century, the Danish mile ( mil ) was precisely equal to the Prussian mile and likewise divided into 24,000 feet. [ 43 ]