Span

Span is length unit, symbol: [　]. Definition of 1 span ≡ 9 in. of chiefly historical interest. Compared to metre, span is smaller unit.

• 1 [　] = (exactly) `0.2286` [m]

• 1 [m] = (exactly) `1/(0.2286)` [　] = 4.3744531933508 [　]

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

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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)
..to 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)
span
..to spat
..to stick
..to twip
..to x unit; siegbahn
..to yard (International)
..to zoll

Source or more info

Lide, D. (Ed.). (1990). Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (71st ed). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. Section 1.