Chain

Chain is length unit, symbol: [ch]. Definition of 1 chain ≡ 66 ft (US) ≡ 4 rods. (Chain - Gunter's; Surveyor's). Compared to metre, chain is bigger unit.

• 1 [ch] = (exactly) `79200/3937` [m] = `2.01168402336805*10^01` [m]

• 1 [m] = (exactly) `3937/79200` [ch] = 0.049709595959596 [ch]

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Multiply convert of chain to common length units:

[ch]
=? micrometre
=? millimetre
=? centimetre
=? metre
=? kilometre
=? foot (International)
=? inch (International)
=? line
=? mile (international)
=? point (PostScript)
=? yard (International)
=? zoll

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Name Size

Length units sort by name in ABC order

..to ångström (metric)
..to astronomical unit
..to barleycorn
..to bohr, atomic unit of length
..to cable length (imperial)
..to cable length (International)
..to cable length (US)
..to centimetre (metric)
chain
..to cubit
..to decimetre (metric)
..to dekametre (metric)
..to ell
..to fathom
..to fermi
..to finger
..to finger (cloth)
..to foot (Benoît)
..to foot (Cape)
..to foot (Clarke's)
..to foot (Indian)
..to foot (International)
..to foot, metric
..to foot, metric (long)
..to foot, metric (short)
..to foot (Sear's)
..to foot (US Survey)
..to french; charriere
..to furlong
..to hand
..to hectometre (metric)
..to inch (International)
..to kilometre (metric)
..to league (land)
..to light-day
..to light-hour
..to light-minute
..to light-second
..to light-year
..to line
..to link (Gunter's; Surveyor's)
..to link (Ramsden's; Engineer's)
..to metre (metric)
..to mickey
..to micrometre (metric)
..to micron
..to mil (Sweden and Norway)
..to mil; thou
..to mile (geographical)
..to mile (international)
..to mile (tactical or data)
..to mile (telegraph)
..to mile (US Survey)
..to millimetre (metric)
..to nail (cloth)
..to nanometre (metric)
..to nautical league
..to nautical mile (Admiralty)
..to nautical mile (international)
..to nautical mile (US pre 1954)
..to pace
..to palm
..to parsec
..to pica (PostScript)
..to picometre (old: bicron, stigma)
..to pikometre (metric)
..to point (American, English)
..to point (Didot; European)
..to point (PostScript)
..to point (TeX)
..to quarter
..to rod; pole; perch
..to rope
..to shaku (Japan)
..to span
..to spat
..to stick
..to twip
..to x unit; siegbahn
..to yard (International)
..to zoll

Source or more info

U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44 Appendix C - General Tables of Units of Measurement 2013 Edition. http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/pu...