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Hands to Cable length (US) Conversion

Hand to cable length (US) conversion allow you make a conversion between hand and cable length (US) easily. You can find the tool in the following.

Length Conversion

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= 0.00046296
= 462963 × 10-9
= 462963E-9
= 462963e-9
= 0.00069444
= 694444 × 10-9
= 694444E-9
= 694444e-9
= 0.00092593
= 925926 × 10-9
= 925926E-9
= 925926e-9
= 0.00115741
= 115741 × 10-8
= 115741E-8
= 115741e-8
= 0.00138889
= 138889 × 10-8
= 138889E-8
= 138889e-8

Quick Look: hands to cable length (US)

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The hand is a non-SI unit of measurement of length standardized to 4 inches (101.6 mm). It is used to measure the height of horses in some English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Name of unitSymbolDefinitionRelation to SI unitsUnit System
hand

≡ 4 in

≡ 0.1016 m

Metric system Non-SI

conversion table

handscable length (US)handscable length (US)
1= 0.000462962962962964= 0.0018518518518519
1.5= 0.000694444444444444.5= 0.0020833333333333
2= 0.000925925925925935= 0.0023148148148148
2.5= 0.00115740740740745.5= 0.0025462962962963
3= 0.00138888888888896= 0.0027777777777778

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:

  • International:  110 nautical mile, or 185.2 m
  • Imperial (Admiralty):  110 Admiralty mile, or 608 ft (185.32 m), about 101 fathoms
    • The traditional British fathom varied from 5½ feet to 7 feet in the Merchant Navy.
  • U.S. customary (US Navy): 120 fathoms (720 feet, 219.456 m)
Name of unitSymbolDefinitionRelation to SI unitsUnit System
cable length (US)

≡ 720 ft

= 219.456 m

Imperial/US

conversion table

cable length (US)handscable length (US)hands
1= 21604= 8640
1.5= 32404.5= 9720
2= 43205= 10800
2.5= 54005.5= 11880
3= 64806= 12960

Conversion table

handscable length (US)
1= 0.0004630
2 160= 1

Legend

SymbolDefinition
exactly equal
approximately equal to
=equal to
digitsindicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …)