cable length (International) | 1 cable length (International) | 2 cable length (International) | 3 cable length (International) | 4 cable length (International) | 5 cable length (International) | 6 cable length (International) | 7 cable length (International) | 8 cable length (International) | 9 cable length (International) | 10 cable length (International) | 11 cable length (International) | 12 cable length (International) | 13 cable length (International) | 14 cable length (International) | 15 cable length (International) | 16 cable length (International) | 17 cable length (International) | 18 cable length (International) | 19 cable length (International) | 20 cable length (International) | 21 cable length (International) | 22 cable length (International) | 23 cable length (International) | 24 cable length (International) | 25 cable length (International) | 26 cable length (International) | 27 cable length (International) | 28 cable length (International) | 29 cable length (International) | 30 cable length (International) | 31 cable length (International) | 32 cable length (International) | 33 cable length (International) | 34 cable length (International) | 35 cable length (International) | 36 cable length (International) | 37 cable length (International) | 38 cable length (International) | 39 cable length (International) | 40 cable length (International) | 41 cable length (International) | 42 cable length (International) | 43 cable length (International) | 44 cable length (International) | 45 cable length (International) | 46 cable length (International) | 47 cable length (International) | 48 cable length (International) | 49 cable length (International) | 50 cable length (International) | 51 cable length (International) | 52 cable length (International) | 53 cable length (International) | 54 cable length (International) | 55 cable length (International) | 56 cable length (International) | 57 cable length (International) | 58 cable length (International) | 59 cable length (International) | 60 cable length (International) | 61 cable length (International) | 62 cable length (International) | 63 cable length (International) | 64 cable length (International) | 65 cable length (International) | 66 cable length (International) | 67 cable length (International) | 68 cable length (International) | 69 cable length (International) | 70 cable length (International) | 71 cable length (International) | 72 cable length (International) | 73 cable length (International) | 74 cable length (International) | 75 cable length (International) | 76 cable length (International) | 77 cable length (International) | 78 cable length (International) | 79 cable length (International) | 80 cable length (International) | 81 cable length (International) | 82 cable length (International) | 83 cable length (International) | 84 cable length (International) | 85 cable length (International) | 86 cable length (International) | 87 cable length (International) | 88 cable length (International) | 89 cable length (International) | 90 cable length (International) | 91 cable length (International) | 92 cable length (International) | 93 cable length (International) | 94 cable length (International) | 95 cable length (International) | 96 cable length (International) | 97 cable length (International) | 98 cable length (International) | 99 cable length (International) | 100 cable length (International) |
gigameter | 1.852 × 10-7 Gm | 3.704 × 10-7 Gm | 5.556 × 10-7 Gm | 7.408 × 10-7 Gm | 9.26 × 10-7 Gm | 1.1112 × 10-6 Gm | 1.2964 × 10-6 Gm | 1.4816 × 10-6 Gm | 1.6668 × 10-6 Gm | 1.852 × 10-6 Gm | 2.0372 × 10-6 Gm | 2.2224 × 10-6 Gm | 2.4076 × 10-6 Gm | 2.5928 × 10-6 Gm | 2.778 × 10-6 Gm | 2.9632 × 10-6 Gm | 3.1484 × 10-6 Gm | 3.3336 × 10-6 Gm | 3.5188 × 10-6 Gm | 3.704 × 10-6 Gm | 3.8892 × 10-6 Gm | 4.0744 × 10-6 Gm | 4.2596 × 10-6 Gm | 4.4448 × 10-6 Gm | 4.63 × 10-6 Gm | 4.8152 × 10-6 Gm | 5.0004 × 10-6 Gm | 5.1856 × 10-6 Gm | 5.3708 × 10-6 Gm | 5.556 × 10-6 Gm | 5.7412 × 10-6 Gm | 5.9264 × 10-6 Gm | 6.1116 × 10-6 Gm | 6.2968 × 10-6 Gm | 6.482 × 10-6 Gm | 6.6672 × 10-6 Gm | 6.8524 × 10-6 Gm | 7.0376 × 10-6 Gm | 7.2228 × 10-6 Gm | 7.408 × 10-6 Gm | 7.5932 × 10-6 Gm | 7.7784 × 10-6 Gm | 7.9636 × 10-6 Gm | 8.1488 × 10-6 Gm | 8.334 × 10-6 Gm | 8.5192 × 10-6 Gm | 8.7044 × 10-6 Gm | 8.8896 × 10-6 Gm | 9.0748 × 10-6 Gm | 9.26 × 10-6 Gm | 9.4452 × 10-6 Gm | 9.6304 × 10-6 Gm | 9.8156 × 10-6 Gm | 1.00008 × 10-5 Gm | 1.0186 × 10-5 Gm | 1.03712 × 10-5 Gm | 1.05564 × 10-5 Gm | 1.07416 × 10-5 Gm | 1.09268 × 10-5 Gm | 1.1112 × 10-5 Gm | 1.12972 × 10-5 Gm | 1.14824 × 10-5 Gm | 1.16676 × 10-5 Gm | 1.18528 × 10-5 Gm | 1.2038 × 10-5 Gm | 1.22232 × 10-5 Gm | 1.24084 × 10-5 Gm | 1.25936 × 10-5 Gm | 1.27788 × 10-5 Gm | 1.2964 × 10-5 Gm | 1.31492 × 10-5 Gm | 1.33344 × 10-5 Gm | 1.35196 × 10-5 Gm | 1.37048 × 10-5 Gm | 1.389 × 10-5 Gm | 1.40752 × 10-5 Gm | 1.42604 × 10-5 Gm | 1.44456 × 10-5 Gm | 1.46308 × 10-5 Gm | 1.4816 × 10-5 Gm | 1.50012 × 10-5 Gm | 1.51864 × 10-5 Gm | 1.53716 × 10-5 Gm | 1.55568 × 10-5 Gm | 1.5742 × 10-5 Gm | 1.59272 × 10-5 Gm | 1.61124 × 10-5 Gm | 1.62976 × 10-5 Gm | 1.64828 × 10-5 Gm | 1.6668 × 10-5 Gm | 1.68532 × 10-5 Gm | 1.70384 × 10-5 Gm | 1.72236 × 10-5 Gm | 1.74088 × 10-5 Gm | 1.7594 × 10-5 Gm | 1.77792 × 10-5 Gm | 1.79644 × 10-5 Gm | 1.81496 × 10-5 Gm | 1.83348 × 10-5 Gm | 1.852 × 10-5 Gm |
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 (International) | ≡ 1⁄10 nmi | ≡ 185.2 m | Imperial/US |
cable length (International) | gigameters | cable length (International) | gigameters |
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1 | ≡ 1.852E-7 | 4 | ≡ 7.408E-7 |
1.5 | ≡ 2.778E-7 | 4.5 | ≡ 8.334E-7 |
2 | ≡ 3.704E-7 | 5 | ≡ 9.26E-7 |
2.5 | ≡ 4.63E-7 | 5.5 | ≡ 1.0186E-6 |
3 | ≡ 5.556E-7 | 6 | ≡ 1.1112E-6 |
Gigameter or gigametre is equal to 1,000,000,000 meters or 106 meters (unit of length), comes from a combination of the metric prefix giga (G) and the SI unit of length meter (m). Plural name is gigameters.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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gigameter | Gm | ≡ 1×109 m | ≡ 1×109 m | Metric system SI |
gigameters | cable length (International) | gigameters | cable length (International) |
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1 | ≡ 5399568.0345572 | 4 | ≡ 21598272.138229 |
1.5 | ≡ 8099352.0518359 | 4.5 | ≡ 24298056.155508 |
2 | ≡ 10799136.069114 | 5 | ≡ 26997840.172786 |
2.5 | ≡ 13498920.086393 | 5.5 | ≡ 29697624.190065 |
3 | ≡ 16198704.103672 | 6 | ≡ 32397408.207343 |
cable length (International) | gigameters |
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1 | ≡ 1.852 × 10-7 |
5,399,568.0345572 | ≡ 1 |
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 …) |