barleycorn | 1 barleycorn | 2 barleycorn | 3 barleycorn | 4 barleycorn | 5 barleycorn | 6 barleycorn | 7 barleycorn | 8 barleycorn | 9 barleycorn | 10 barleycorn | 11 barleycorn | 12 barleycorn | 13 barleycorn | 14 barleycorn | 15 barleycorn | 16 barleycorn | 17 barleycorn | 18 barleycorn | 19 barleycorn | 20 barleycorn | 21 barleycorn | 22 barleycorn | 23 barleycorn | 24 barleycorn | 25 barleycorn | 26 barleycorn | 27 barleycorn | 28 barleycorn | 29 barleycorn | 30 barleycorn | 31 barleycorn | 32 barleycorn | 33 barleycorn | 34 barleycorn | 35 barleycorn | 36 barleycorn | 37 barleycorn | 38 barleycorn | 39 barleycorn | 40 barleycorn | 41 barleycorn | 42 barleycorn | 43 barleycorn | 44 barleycorn | 45 barleycorn | 46 barleycorn | 47 barleycorn | 48 barleycorn | 49 barleycorn | 50 barleycorn | 51 barleycorn | 52 barleycorn | 53 barleycorn | 54 barleycorn | 55 barleycorn | 56 barleycorn | 57 barleycorn | 58 barleycorn | 59 barleycorn | 60 barleycorn | 61 barleycorn | 62 barleycorn | 63 barleycorn | 64 barleycorn | 65 barleycorn | 66 barleycorn | 67 barleycorn | 68 barleycorn | 69 barleycorn | 70 barleycorn | 71 barleycorn | 72 barleycorn | 73 barleycorn | 74 barleycorn | 75 barleycorn | 76 barleycorn | 77 barleycorn | 78 barleycorn | 79 barleycorn | 80 barleycorn | 81 barleycorn | 82 barleycorn | 83 barleycorn | 84 barleycorn | 85 barleycorn | 86 barleycorn | 87 barleycorn | 88 barleycorn | 89 barleycorn | 90 barleycorn | 91 barleycorn | 92 barleycorn | 93 barleycorn | 94 barleycorn | 95 barleycorn | 96 barleycorn | 97 barleycorn | 98 barleycorn | 99 barleycorn | 100 barleycorn |
cable length (US) | 3.8549868766404 × 10-5 cable length (US) | 7.7099737532808 × 10-5 cable length (US) | 0.0001156 cable length (US) | 0.0001542 cable length (US) | 0.0001927 cable length (US) | 0.0002313 cable length (US) | 0.0002698 cable length (US) | 0.0003084 cable length (US) | 0.0003469 cable length (US) | 0.0003855 cable length (US) | 0.0004240 cable length (US) | 0.0004626 cable length (US) | 0.0005011 cable length (US) | 0.0005397 cable length (US) | 0.0005782 cable length (US) | 0.0006168 cable length (US) | 0.0006553 cable length (US) | 0.0006939 cable length (US) | 0.0007324 cable length (US) | 0.0007710 cable length (US) | 0.0008095 cable length (US) | 0.0008481 cable length (US) | 0.0008866 cable length (US) | 0.0009252 cable length (US) | 0.0009637 cable length (US) | 0.0010023 cable length (US) | 0.0010408 cable length (US) | 0.0010794 cable length (US) | 0.0011179 cable length (US) | 0.0011565 cable length (US) | 0.0011950 cable length (US) | 0.0012336 cable length (US) | 0.0012721 cable length (US) | 0.0013107 cable length (US) | 0.0013492 cable length (US) | 0.0013878 cable length (US) | 0.0014263 cable length (US) | 0.0014649 cable length (US) | 0.0015034 cable length (US) | 0.0015420 cable length (US) | 0.0015805 cable length (US) | 0.0016191 cable length (US) | 0.0016576 cable length (US) | 0.0016962 cable length (US) | 0.0017347 cable length (US) | 0.0017733 cable length (US) | 0.0018118 cable length (US) | 0.0018504 cable length (US) | 0.0018889 cable length (US) | 0.0019275 cable length (US) | 0.0019660 cable length (US) | 0.0020046 cable length (US) | 0.0020431 cable length (US) | 0.0020817 cable length (US) | 0.0021202 cable length (US) | 0.0021588 cable length (US) | 0.0021973 cable length (US) | 0.0022359 cable length (US) | 0.0022744 cable length (US) | 0.0023130 cable length (US) | 0.0023515 cable length (US) | 0.0023901 cable length (US) | 0.0024286 cable length (US) | 0.0024672 cable length (US) | 0.0025057 cable length (US) | 0.0025443 cable length (US) | 0.0025828 cable length (US) | 0.0026214 cable length (US) | 0.0026599 cable length (US) | 0.0026985 cable length (US) | 0.0027370 cable length (US) | 0.0027756 cable length (US) | 0.0028141 cable length (US) | 0.0028527 cable length (US) | 0.0028912 cable length (US) | 0.0029298 cable length (US) | 0.0029683 cable length (US) | 0.0030069 cable length (US) | 0.0030454 cable length (US) | 0.0030840 cable length (US) | 0.0031225 cable length (US) | 0.0031611 cable length (US) | 0.0031996 cable length (US) | 0.0032382 cable length (US) | 0.0032767 cable length (US) | 0.0033153 cable length (US) | 0.0033538 cable length (US) | 0.0033924 cable length (US) | 0.0034309 cable length (US) | 0.0034695 cable length (US) | 0.0035080 cable length (US) | 0.0035466 cable length (US) | 0.0035851 cable length (US) | 0.0036237 cable length (US) | 0.0036622 cable length (US) | 0.0037008 cable length (US) | 0.0037393 cable length (US) | 0.0037779 cable length (US) | 0.0038164 cable length (US) | 0.0038550 cable length (US) |
The barleycorn is a small English unit of length equal to 1⁄3 of an inch (i.e., close to 0.8467 cm) still used in Great Britain and Ireland as a determiner of shoe sizes.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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barleycorn | = 1⁄3 in | ≈ 8.46×10−3 m | Imperial/US |
barleycorns | cable length (US) | barleycorns | cable length (US) |
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1 | ≈ 3.8549868766404E-5 | 4 | ≈ 0.00015419947506562 |
1.5 | ≈ 5.7824803149606E-5 | 4.5 | ≈ 0.00017347440944882 |
2 | ≈ 7.7099737532808E-5 | 5 | ≈ 0.00019274934383202 |
2.5 | ≈ 9.6374671916011E-5 | 5.5 | ≈ 0.00021202427821522 |
3 | ≈ 0.00011564960629921 | 6 | ≈ 0.00023129921259843 |
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:
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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cable length (US) | ≡ 720 ft | = 219.456 m | Imperial/US |
cable length (US) | barleycorns | cable length (US) | barleycorns |
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1 | ≈ 25940.425531915 | 4 | ≈ 103761.70212766 |
1.5 | ≈ 38910.638297872 | 4.5 | ≈ 116731.91489362 |
2 | ≈ 51880.85106383 | 5 | ≈ 129702.12765957 |
2.5 | ≈ 64851.063829787 | 5.5 | ≈ 142672.34042553 |
3 | ≈ 77821.276595745 | 6 | ≈ 155642.55319149 |
barleycorns | cable length (US) |
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1 | ≈ 3.8549868766404 × 10-5 |
25,940.4255319 | ≈ 1 |
You can find the conversion in other languages in the following:
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |