| palm | 1 palm | 2 palm | 3 palm | 4 palm | 5 palm | 6 palm | 7 palm | 8 palm | 9 palm | 10 palm | 11 palm | 12 palm | 13 palm | 14 palm | 15 palm | 16 palm | 17 palm | 18 palm | 19 palm | 20 palm | 21 palm | 22 palm | 23 palm | 24 palm | 25 palm | 26 palm | 27 palm | 28 palm | 29 palm | 30 palm | 31 palm | 32 palm | 33 palm | 34 palm | 35 palm | 36 palm | 37 palm | 38 palm | 39 palm | 40 palm | 41 palm | 42 palm | 43 palm | 44 palm | 45 palm | 46 palm | 47 palm | 48 palm | 49 palm | 50 palm | 51 palm | 52 palm | 53 palm | 54 palm | 55 palm | 56 palm | 57 palm | 58 palm | 59 palm | 60 palm | 61 palm | 62 palm | 63 palm | 64 palm | 65 palm | 66 palm | 67 palm | 68 palm | 69 palm | 70 palm | 71 palm | 72 palm | 73 palm | 74 palm | 75 palm | 76 palm | 77 palm | 78 palm | 79 palm | 80 palm | 81 palm | 82 palm | 83 palm | 84 palm | 85 palm | 86 palm | 87 palm | 88 palm | 89 palm | 90 palm | 91 palm | 92 palm | 93 palm | 94 palm | 95 palm | 96 palm | 97 palm | 98 palm | 99 palm | 100 palm |
| cable length (imperial) | 0.0004112 cable length (imperial) | 0.0008224 cable length (imperial) | 0.0012336 cable length (imperial) | 0.0016447 cable length (imperial) | 0.0020559 cable length (imperial) | 0.0024671 cable length (imperial) | 0.0028783 cable length (imperial) | 0.0032895 cable length (imperial) | 0.0037007 cable length (imperial) | 0.0041118 cable length (imperial) | 0.0045230 cable length (imperial) | 0.0049342 cable length (imperial) | 0.0053454 cable length (imperial) | 0.0057566 cable length (imperial) | 0.0061678 cable length (imperial) | 0.0065789 cable length (imperial) | 0.0069901 cable length (imperial) | 0.0074013 cable length (imperial) | 0.0078125 cable length (imperial) | 0.0082237 cable length (imperial) | 0.0086349 cable length (imperial) | 0.0090461 cable length (imperial) | 0.0094572 cable length (imperial) | 0.0098684 cable length (imperial) | 0.0102796 cable length (imperial) | 0.0106908 cable length (imperial) | 0.0111020 cable length (imperial) | 0.0115132 cable length (imperial) | 0.0119243 cable length (imperial) | 0.0123355 cable length (imperial) | 0.0127467 cable length (imperial) | 0.0131579 cable length (imperial) | 0.0135691 cable length (imperial) | 0.0139803 cable length (imperial) | 0.0143914 cable length (imperial) | 0.0148026 cable length (imperial) | 0.0152138 cable length (imperial) | 0.015625 cable length (imperial) | 0.0160362 cable length (imperial) | 0.0164474 cable length (imperial) | 0.0168586 cable length (imperial) | 0.0172697 cable length (imperial) | 0.0176809 cable length (imperial) | 0.0180921 cable length (imperial) | 0.0185033 cable length (imperial) | 0.0189145 cable length (imperial) | 0.0193257 cable length (imperial) | 0.0197368 cable length (imperial) | 0.0201480 cable length (imperial) | 0.0205592 cable length (imperial) | 0.0209704 cable length (imperial) | 0.0213816 cable length (imperial) | 0.0217928 cable length (imperial) | 0.0222039 cable length (imperial) | 0.0226151 cable length (imperial) | 0.0230263 cable length (imperial) | 0.0234375 cable length (imperial) | 0.0238487 cable length (imperial) | 0.0242599 cable length (imperial) | 0.0246711 cable length (imperial) | 0.0250822 cable length (imperial) | 0.0254934 cable length (imperial) | 0.0259046 cable length (imperial) | 0.0263158 cable length (imperial) | 0.0267270 cable length (imperial) | 0.0271382 cable length (imperial) | 0.0275493 cable length (imperial) | 0.0279605 cable length (imperial) | 0.0283717 cable length (imperial) | 0.0287829 cable length (imperial) | 0.0291941 cable length (imperial) | 0.0296053 cable length (imperial) | 0.0300164 cable length (imperial) | 0.0304276 cable length (imperial) | 0.0308388 cable length (imperial) | 0.03125 cable length (imperial) | 0.0316612 cable length (imperial) | 0.0320724 cable length (imperial) | 0.0324836 cable length (imperial) | 0.0328947 cable length (imperial) | 0.0333059 cable length (imperial) | 0.0337171 cable length (imperial) | 0.0341283 cable length (imperial) | 0.0345395 cable length (imperial) | 0.0349507 cable length (imperial) | 0.0353618 cable length (imperial) | 0.0357730 cable length (imperial) | 0.0361842 cable length (imperial) | 0.0365954 cable length (imperial) | 0.0370066 cable length (imperial) | 0.0374178 cable length (imperial) | 0.0378289 cable length (imperial) | 0.0382401 cable length (imperial) | 0.0386513 cable length (imperial) | 0.0390625 cable length (imperial) | 0.0394737 cable length (imperial) | 0.0398849 cable length (imperial) | 0.0402961 cable length (imperial) | 0.0407072 cable length (imperial) | 0.0411184 cable length (imperial) |
The palm is an obsolete anthropic unit of length, originally based on the width of the human palm and then variously standardized. The same name is also used for a second, rather larger unit based on the length of the human hand.
| 1 palms ≈ 0.00041118421052632 cable length (imperial) | 4 palms ≈ 0.0016447368421053 cable length (imperial) |
| 1.5 palms ≈ 0.00061677631578947 cable length (imperial) | 4.5 palms ≈ 0.0018503289473684 cable length (imperial) |
| 2 palms ≈ 0.00082236842105263 cable length (imperial) | 5 palms ≈ 0.0020559210526316 cable length (imperial) |
| 2.5 palms ≈ 0.0010279605263158 cable length (imperial) | 5.5 palms ≈ 0.0022615131578947 cable length (imperial) |
| 3 palms ≈ 0.0012335526315789 cable length (imperial) | 6 palms ≈ 0.0024671052631579 cable length (imperial) |
A cable length or length of cable is a nautical unit of measure equal to one tenth of a nautical mile or approximately 100 fathoms. The unit is named after the length of a ship's anchor cable in the Age of Sail. The definition varies:
| 1 cable length (imperial) ≈ 2432 palms | 4 cable length (imperial) ≈ 9728 palms |
| 1.5 cable length (imperial) ≈ 3648 palms | 4.5 cable length (imperial) ≈ 10944 palms |
| 2 cable length (imperial) ≈ 4864 palms | 5 cable length (imperial) ≈ 12160 palms |
| 2.5 cable length (imperial) ≈ 6080 palms | 5.5 cable length (imperial) ≈ 13376 palms |
| 3 cable length (imperial) ≈ 7296 palms | 6 cable length (imperial) ≈ 14592 palms |
| 1 palms ≈ 0.0004112 cable length (imperial) |
| 1 cable length (imperial) ≈ 2 432 palms |