hand | 1 hand | 2 hand | 3 hand | 4 hand | 5 hand | 6 hand | 7 hand | 8 hand | 9 hand | 10 hand | 11 hand | 12 hand | 13 hand | 14 hand | 15 hand | 16 hand | 17 hand | 18 hand | 19 hand | 20 hand | 21 hand | 22 hand | 23 hand | 24 hand | 25 hand | 26 hand | 27 hand | 28 hand | 29 hand | 30 hand | 31 hand | 32 hand | 33 hand | 34 hand | 35 hand | 36 hand | 37 hand | 38 hand | 39 hand | 40 hand | 41 hand | 42 hand | 43 hand | 44 hand | 45 hand | 46 hand | 47 hand | 48 hand | 49 hand | 50 hand | 51 hand | 52 hand | 53 hand | 54 hand | 55 hand | 56 hand | 57 hand | 58 hand | 59 hand | 60 hand | 61 hand | 62 hand | 63 hand | 64 hand | 65 hand | 66 hand | 67 hand | 68 hand | 69 hand | 70 hand | 71 hand | 72 hand | 73 hand | 74 hand | 75 hand | 76 hand | 77 hand | 78 hand | 79 hand | 80 hand | 81 hand | 82 hand | 83 hand | 84 hand | 85 hand | 86 hand | 87 hand | 88 hand | 89 hand | 90 hand | 91 hand | 92 hand | 93 hand | 94 hand | 95 hand | 96 hand | 97 hand | 98 hand | 99 hand | 100 hand |
mile (US Survey) | 6.31311868567 × 10-5 mi (US) | 0.0001263 mi (US) | 0.0001894 mi (US) | 0.0002525 mi (US) | 0.0003157 mi (US) | 0.0003788 mi (US) | 0.0004419 mi (US) | 0.0005050 mi (US) | 0.0005682 mi (US) | 0.0006313 mi (US) | 0.0006944 mi (US) | 0.0007576 mi (US) | 0.0008207 mi (US) | 0.0008838 mi (US) | 0.0009470 mi (US) | 0.0010101 mi (US) | 0.0010732 mi (US) | 0.0011364 mi (US) | 0.0011995 mi (US) | 0.0012626 mi (US) | 0.0013258 mi (US) | 0.0013889 mi (US) | 0.0014520 mi (US) | 0.0015151 mi (US) | 0.0015783 mi (US) | 0.0016414 mi (US) | 0.0017045 mi (US) | 0.0017677 mi (US) | 0.0018308 mi (US) | 0.0018939 mi (US) | 0.0019571 mi (US) | 0.0020202 mi (US) | 0.0020833 mi (US) | 0.0021465 mi (US) | 0.0022096 mi (US) | 0.0022727 mi (US) | 0.0023359 mi (US) | 0.0023990 mi (US) | 0.0024621 mi (US) | 0.0025252 mi (US) | 0.0025884 mi (US) | 0.0026515 mi (US) | 0.0027146 mi (US) | 0.0027778 mi (US) | 0.0028409 mi (US) | 0.0029040 mi (US) | 0.0029672 mi (US) | 0.0030303 mi (US) | 0.0030934 mi (US) | 0.0031566 mi (US) | 0.0032197 mi (US) | 0.0032828 mi (US) | 0.0033460 mi (US) | 0.0034091 mi (US) | 0.0034722 mi (US) | 0.0035353 mi (US) | 0.0035985 mi (US) | 0.0036616 mi (US) | 0.0037247 mi (US) | 0.0037879 mi (US) | 0.0038510 mi (US) | 0.0039141 mi (US) | 0.0039773 mi (US) | 0.0040404 mi (US) | 0.0041035 mi (US) | 0.0041667 mi (US) | 0.0042298 mi (US) | 0.0042929 mi (US) | 0.0043561 mi (US) | 0.0044192 mi (US) | 0.0044823 mi (US) | 0.0045454 mi (US) | 0.0046086 mi (US) | 0.0046717 mi (US) | 0.0047348 mi (US) | 0.0047980 mi (US) | 0.0048611 mi (US) | 0.0049242 mi (US) | 0.0049874 mi (US) | 0.0050505 mi (US) | 0.0051136 mi (US) | 0.0051768 mi (US) | 0.0052399 mi (US) | 0.0053030 mi (US) | 0.0053662 mi (US) | 0.0054293 mi (US) | 0.0054924 mi (US) | 0.0055555 mi (US) | 0.0056187 mi (US) | 0.0056818 mi (US) | 0.0057449 mi (US) | 0.0058081 mi (US) | 0.0058712 mi (US) | 0.0059343 mi (US) | 0.0059975 mi (US) | 0.0060606 mi (US) | 0.0061237 mi (US) | 0.0061869 mi (US) | 0.0062500 mi (US) | 0.0063131 mi (US) |
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 unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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hand | ≡ 4 in | ≡ 0.1016 m | Metric system Non-SI |
hands | miles (US Survey) | hands | miles (US Survey) |
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1 | ≈ 6.31311868567E-5 | 4 | ≈ 0.0002525247474268 |
1.5 | ≈ 9.469678028505E-5 | 4.5 | ≈ 0.00028409034085515 |
2 | ≈ 0.0001262623737134 | 5 | ≈ 0.0003156559342835 |
2.5 | ≈ 0.00015782796714175 | 5.5 | ≈ 0.00034722152771185 |
3 | ≈ 0.0001893935605701 | 6 | ≈ 0.0003787871211402 |
≡ 5280 US Survey feet ≡ (5280 × 1200⁄3937) m
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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mile (US Survey) | mi (US) | ≡ 5280 US Survey feet ≡ (5280 × 1200⁄3937) m | ≈ 1609.347219 m | Imperial/US |
miles (US Survey) | hands | miles (US Survey) | hands |
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1 | ≈ 15840.031683071 | 4 | ≈ 63360.126732283 |
1.5 | ≈ 23760.047524606 | 4.5 | ≈ 71280.142573819 |
2 | ≈ 31680.063366142 | 5 | ≈ 79200.158415354 |
2.5 | ≈ 39600.079207677 | 5.5 | ≈ 87120.17425689 |
3 | ≈ 47520.095049213 | 6 | ≈ 95040.190098425 |
hands | miles (US Survey) |
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1 | ≈ 6.31311868567 × 10-5 |
15,840.0316831 | ≈ 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 …) |