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) |
point (PostScript) | 622,217.1817409 pt | 1,244,434.3634817 pt | 1,866,651.5452226 pt | 2,488,868.7269634 pt | 3,111,085.9087043 pt | 3,733,303.0904451 pt | 4,355,520.272186 pt | 4,977,737.4539269 pt | 5,599,954.6356677 pt | 6,222,171.8174086 pt | 6,844,388.9991494 pt | 7,466,606.1808903 pt | 8,088,823.3626311 pt | 8,711,040.544372 pt | 9,333,257.7261128 pt | 9,955,474.9078537 pt | 10,577,692.089595 pt | 11,199,909.271335 pt | 11,822,126.453076 pt | 12,444,343.634817 pt | 13,066,560.816558 pt | 13,688,777.998299 pt | 14,310,995.18004 pt | 14,933,212.361781 pt | 15,555,429.543521 pt | 16,177,646.725262 pt | 16,799,863.907003 pt | 17,422,081.088744 pt | 18,044,298.270485 pt | 18,666,515.452226 pt | 19,288,732.633967 pt | 19,910,949.815707 pt | 20,533,166.997448 pt | 21,155,384.179189 pt | 21,777,601.36093 pt | 22,399,818.542671 pt | 23,022,035.724412 pt | 23,644,252.906153 pt | 24,266,470.087893 pt | 24,888,687.269634 pt | 25,510,904.451375 pt | 26,133,121.633116 pt | 26,755,338.814857 pt | 27,377,555.996598 pt | 27,999,773.178339 pt | 28,621,990.360079 pt | 29,244,207.54182 pt | 29,866,424.723561 pt | 30,488,641.905302 pt | 31,110,859.087043 pt | 31,733,076.268784 pt | 32,355,293.450525 pt | 32,977,510.632265 pt | 33,599,727.814006 pt | 34,221,944.995747 pt | 34,844,162.177488 pt | 35,466,379.359229 pt | 36,088,596.54097 pt | 36,710,813.722711 pt | 37,333,030.904451 pt | 37,955,248.086192 pt | 38,577,465.267933 pt | 39,199,682.449674 pt | 39,821,899.631415 pt | 40,444,116.813156 pt | 41,066,333.994897 pt | 41,688,551.176637 pt | 42,310,768.358378 pt | 42,932,985.540119 pt | 43,555,202.72186 pt | 44,177,419.903601 pt | 44,799,637.085342 pt | 45,421,854.267083 pt | 46,044,071.448823 pt | 46,666,288.630564 pt | 47,288,505.812305 pt | 47,910,722.994046 pt | 48,532,940.175787 pt | 49,155,157.357528 pt | 49,777,374.539269 pt | 50,399,591.721009 pt | 51,021,808.90275 pt | 51,644,026.084491 pt | 52,266,243.266232 pt | 52,888,460.447973 pt | 53,510,677.629714 pt | 54,132,894.811454 pt | 54,755,111.993195 pt | 55,377,329.174936 pt | 55,999,546.356677 pt | 56,621,763.538418 pt | 57,243,980.720159 pt | 57,866,197.9019 pt | 58,488,415.08364 pt | 59,110,632.265381 pt | 59,732,849.447122 pt | 60,355,066.628863 pt | 60,977,283.810604 pt | 61,599,500.992345 pt | 62,221,718.174086 pt |
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) | points (PostScript) | cable length (US) | points (PostScript) |
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1 | = 622217.18174086 | 4 | = 2488868.7269634 |
1.5 | = 933325.77261128 | 4.5 | = 2799977.3178339 |
2 | = 1244434.3634817 | 5 | = 3111085.9087043 |
2.5 | = 1555542.9543521 | 5.5 | = 3422194.4995747 |
3 | = 1866651.5452226 | 6 | = 3733303.0904451 |
= 0.0003527 m
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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point (PostScript) | pt | ≡ 1⁄72 in | = 0.0003527 m | Other (Length) |
points (PostScript) | cable length (US) | points (PostScript) | cable length (US) |
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1 | = 1.6071558763488E-6 | 4 | = 6.4286235053952E-6 |
1.5 | = 2.4107338145232E-6 | 4.5 | = 7.2322014435696E-6 |
2 | = 3.2143117526976E-6 | 5 | = 8.0357793817439E-6 |
2.5 | = 4.017889690872E-6 | 5.5 | = 8.8393573199183E-6 |
3 | = 4.8214676290464E-6 | 6 | = 9.6429352580927E-6 |
cable length (US) | points (PostScript) |
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1 | = 622,217.1817409 |
1.6071558763488 × 10-6 | = 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 …) |