cable length (US) | 1 cable length (US) | 2 cable length (US) | 3 cable length (US) | 4 cable length (US) | 5 cable length (US) | 6 cable length (US) | 7 cable length (US) | 8 cable length (US) | 9 cable length (US) | 10 cable length (US) | 11 cable length (US) | 12 cable length (US) | 13 cable length (US) | 14 cable length (US) | 15 cable length (US) | 16 cable length (US) | 17 cable length (US) | 18 cable length (US) | 19 cable length (US) | 20 cable length (US) | 21 cable length (US) | 22 cable length (US) | 23 cable length (US) | 24 cable length (US) | 25 cable length (US) | 26 cable length (US) | 27 cable length (US) | 28 cable length (US) | 29 cable length (US) | 30 cable length (US) | 31 cable length (US) | 32 cable length (US) | 33 cable length (US) | 34 cable length (US) | 35 cable length (US) | 36 cable length (US) | 37 cable length (US) | 38 cable length (US) | 39 cable length (US) | 40 cable length (US) | 41 cable length (US) | 42 cable length (US) | 43 cable length (US) | 44 cable length (US) | 45 cable length (US) | 46 cable length (US) | 47 cable length (US) | 48 cable length (US) | 49 cable length (US) | 50 cable length (US) | 51 cable length (US) | 52 cable length (US) | 53 cable length (US) | 54 cable length (US) | 55 cable length (US) | 56 cable length (US) | 57 cable length (US) | 58 cable length (US) | 59 cable length (US) | 60 cable length (US) | 61 cable length (US) | 62 cable length (US) | 63 cable length (US) | 64 cable length (US) | 65 cable length (US) | 66 cable length (US) | 67 cable length (US) | 68 cable length (US) | 69 cable length (US) | 70 cable length (US) | 71 cable length (US) | 72 cable length (US) | 73 cable length (US) | 74 cable length (US) | 75 cable length (US) | 76 cable length (US) | 77 cable length (US) | 78 cable length (US) | 79 cable length (US) | 80 cable length (US) | 81 cable length (US) | 82 cable length (US) | 83 cable length (US) | 84 cable length (US) | 85 cable length (US) | 86 cable length (US) | 87 cable length (US) | 88 cable length (US) | 89 cable length (US) | 90 cable length (US) | 91 cable length (US) | 92 cable length (US) | 93 cable length (US) | 94 cable length (US) | 95 cable length (US) | 96 cable length (US) | 97 cable length (US) | 98 cable length (US) | 99 cable length (US) | 100 cable length (US) |
league | 0.0454545 lea | 0.0909091 lea | 0.1363636 lea | 0.1818182 lea | 0.2272727 lea | 0.2727273 lea | 0.3181818 lea | 0.3636364 lea | 0.4090909 lea | 0.4545455 lea | 0.5 lea | 0.5454545 lea | 0.5909091 lea | 0.6363636 lea | 0.6818182 lea | 0.7272727 lea | 0.7727273 lea | 0.8181818 lea | 0.8636364 lea | 0.9090909 lea | 0.9545455 lea | 1 lea | 1.0454545 lea | 1.0909091 lea | 1.1363636 lea | 1.1818182 lea | 1.2272727 lea | 1.2727273 lea | 1.3181818 lea | 1.3636364 lea | 1.4090909 lea | 1.4545455 lea | 1.5 lea | 1.5454545 lea | 1.5909091 lea | 1.6363636 lea | 1.6818182 lea | 1.7272727 lea | 1.7727273 lea | 1.8181818 lea | 1.8636364 lea | 1.9090909 lea | 1.9545455 lea | 2 lea | 2.0454545 lea | 2.0909091 lea | 2.1363636 lea | 2.1818182 lea | 2.2272727 lea | 2.2727273 lea | 2.3181818 lea | 2.3636364 lea | 2.4090909 lea | 2.4545455 lea | 2.5 lea | 2.5454545 lea | 2.5909091 lea | 2.6363636 lea | 2.6818182 lea | 2.7272727 lea | 2.7727273 lea | 2.8181818 lea | 2.8636364 lea | 2.9090909 lea | 2.9545455 lea | 3 lea | 3.0454545 lea | 3.0909091 lea | 3.1363636 lea | 3.1818182 lea | 3.2272727 lea | 3.2727273 lea | 3.3181818 lea | 3.3636364 lea | 3.4090909 lea | 3.4545455 lea | 3.5 lea | 3.5454545 lea | 3.5909091 lea | 3.6363636 lea | 3.6818182 lea | 3.7272727 lea | 3.7727273 lea | 3.8181818 lea | 3.8636364 lea | 3.9090909 lea | 3.9545455 lea | 4 lea | 4.0454545 lea | 4.0909091 lea | 4.1363636 lea | 4.1818182 lea | 4.2272727 lea | 4.2727273 lea | 4.3181818 lea | 4.3636364 lea | 4.4090909 lea | 4.4545455 lea | 4.5 lea | 4.5454545 lea |
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) | leagues | cable length (US) | leagues |
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1 | = 0.045454545454545 | 4 | = 0.18181818181818 |
1.5 | = 0.068181818181818 | 4.5 | = 0.20454545454545 |
2 | = 0.090909090909091 | 5 | = 0.22727272727273 |
2.5 | = 0.11363636363636 | 5.5 | = 0.25 |
3 | = 0.13636363636364 | 6 | = 0.27272727272727 |
A league is a unit of length (or, in various regions, area). It was common in Europe and Latin America, but is no longer an official unit in any nation. The word originally meant the distance a person could walk in an hour. Since the Middle Ages, many values have been specified in several countries.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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league | lea | ≡ 3 miles ≡ 15840 feet | ≡4828.032 m | Imperial/US |
leagues | cable length (US) | leagues | cable length (US) |
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1 | = 22 | 4 | = 88 |
1.5 | = 33 | 4.5 | = 99 |
2 | = 44 | 5 | = 110 |
2.5 | = 55 | 5.5 | = 121 |
3 | = 66 | 6 | = 132 |
cable length (US) | leagues |
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1 | = 0.0454545 |
22 | = 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 …) |