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 | 6.3131313131313 × 10-5 mi | 0.0001263 mi | 0.0001894 mi | 0.0002525 mi | 0.0003157 mi | 0.0003788 mi | 0.0004419 mi | 0.0005051 mi | 0.0005682 mi | 0.0006313 mi | 0.0006944 mi | 0.0007576 mi | 0.0008207 mi | 0.0008838 mi | 0.0009470 mi | 0.0010101 mi | 0.0010732 mi | 0.0011364 mi | 0.0011995 mi | 0.0012626 mi | 0.0013258 mi | 0.0013889 mi | 0.0014520 mi | 0.0015152 mi | 0.0015783 mi | 0.0016414 mi | 0.0017045 mi | 0.0017677 mi | 0.0018308 mi | 0.0018939 mi | 0.0019571 mi | 0.0020202 mi | 0.0020833 mi | 0.0021465 mi | 0.0022096 mi | 0.0022727 mi | 0.0023359 mi | 0.0023990 mi | 0.0024621 mi | 0.0025253 mi | 0.0025884 mi | 0.0026515 mi | 0.0027146 mi | 0.0027778 mi | 0.0028409 mi | 0.0029040 mi | 0.0029672 mi | 0.0030303 mi | 0.0030934 mi | 0.0031566 mi | 0.0032197 mi | 0.0032828 mi | 0.0033460 mi | 0.0034091 mi | 0.0034722 mi | 0.0035354 mi | 0.0035985 mi | 0.0036616 mi | 0.0037247 mi | 0.0037879 mi | 0.0038510 mi | 0.0039141 mi | 0.0039773 mi | 0.0040404 mi | 0.0041035 mi | 0.0041667 mi | 0.0042298 mi | 0.0042929 mi | 0.0043561 mi | 0.0044192 mi | 0.0044823 mi | 0.0045455 mi | 0.0046086 mi | 0.0046717 mi | 0.0047348 mi | 0.0047980 mi | 0.0048611 mi | 0.0049242 mi | 0.0049874 mi | 0.0050505 mi | 0.0051136 mi | 0.0051768 mi | 0.0052399 mi | 0.0053030 mi | 0.0053662 mi | 0.0054293 mi | 0.0054924 mi | 0.0055556 mi | 0.0056187 mi | 0.0056818 mi | 0.0057449 mi | 0.0058081 mi | 0.0058712 mi | 0.0059343 mi | 0.0059975 mi | 0.0060606 mi | 0.0061237 mi | 0.0061869 mi | 0.00625 mi | 0.0063131 mi |
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 | hands | miles |
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1 | ≡ 6.3131313131313E-5 | 4 | ≡ 0.00025252525252525 |
1.5 | ≡ 9.469696969697E-5 | 4.5 | ≡ 0.00028409090909091 |
2 | ≡ 0.00012626262626263 | 5 | ≡ 0.00031565656565657 |
2.5 | ≡ 0.00015782828282828 | 5.5 | ≡ 0.00034722222222222 |
3 | ≡ 0.00018939393939394 | 6 | ≡ 0.00037878787878788 |
The mile is an English unit of length of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.344 metres by international agreement in 1959.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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mile | mi | ≡ 80 chains ≡ 5280 ft ≡ 1760 yd | ≡ 1609.344 m | Imperial/US |
miles | hands | miles | hands |
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1 | ≡ 15840 | 4 | ≡ 63360 |
1.5 | ≡ 23760 | 4.5 | ≡ 71280 |
2 | ≡ 31680 | 5 | ≡ 79200 |
2.5 | ≡ 39600 | 5.5 | ≡ 87120 |
3 | ≡ 47520 | 6 | ≡ 95040 |
hands | miles |
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1 | ≡ 6.3131313131313 × 10-5 |
15 840 | ≡ 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 …) |