Flashcards: Units of length

The line (abbreviated L or l) was a small English unit of length, variously reckoned as  1⁄10,  1⁄12,  1⁄16, or  1⁄40 of an inch.

The astronomical unit (symbol au, AU or ua) is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun.

The li (Chinese: 里, lǐ, or 市里, shìlǐ), also known as the Chinese mile, is a traditional Chinese unit of distance.

The mile is an English unit of length of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.

A league is a unit of length (or, in various regions, area).

The kos is an ancient unit of distance that has been in use in the Indian subcontinent for over three thousand years; evidence exists from Vedic times to the Mughal period, and even now elderly people in rural areas refer to distances from nearby areas in kos.

The micrometre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American spelling), also as a micron, is an SI derived unit of length equaling 1×10−6 of a metre (SI standard prefix "micro-" = 10−6); that is, one millionth of a metre (or one thousandth of a millimetre, 0.001 mm, or about 0.000039 inch).

Earth radius is the distance from the Earth's center to its surface, about 6,371 km (3,959 mi).

A Unit of length refers to any discrete, pre-established length or distance having a constant magnitude which is used as a reference or convention to express linear dimension.

A parsec (symbol: pc) is a unit of length used to measure large distances to objects outside our Solar System.

A foot (pl. feet; abbreviation: ft; symbol: ′, the prime symbol) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement.