Hands to Spans Conversion - Length Measurement

1 hands = 0.4444444 spans

Hand to span conversion allow you make a conversion between hand and span easily. You can find the tool in the following.

Length Conversion

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1 hand = 0.4444444 span = 0.44444444 = 444444 × 10^-6 = 444444E-6 = 444444e-6 converter table
1.5 hands = 0.6666667 span = 0.66666667 = 666667 × 10^-6 = 666667E-6 = 666667e-6 converter table
2 hands = 0.8888889 span = 0.88888889 = 888889 × 10^-6 = 888889E-6 = 888889e-6 converter table
2.5 hands = 1.1111111 spans = 1.11111111 = 0.0111111 × 10² = 0.0111111E2 = 0.0111111e2 converter table
3 hands = 1.3333333 spans = 1.33333333 = 0.0133333 × 10² = 0.0133333E2 = 0.0133333e2 converter table

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0.4444444 span

0.8888889 span

1.3333333 span

1.7777778 span

2.2222222 span

2.6666667 span

3.1111111 span

3.5555556 span

4 span

4.4444444 span

4.8888889 span

5.3333333 span

5.7777778 span

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6.6666667 span

7.1111111 span

7.5555556 span

8 span

8.4444444 span

8.8888889 span

9.3333333 span

9.7777778 span

10.2222222 span

10.6666667 span

11.1111111 span

11.5555556 span

12 span

12.4444444 span

12.8888889 span

13.3333333 span

13.7777778 span

14.2222222 span

14.6666667 span

15.1111111 span

15.5555556 span

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16.4444444 span

16.8888889 span

17.3333333 span

17.7777778 span

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18.6666667 span

19.1111111 span

19.5555556 span

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20.4444444 span

20.8888889 span

21.3333333 span

21.7777778 span

22.2222222 span

22.6666667 span

23.1111111 span

23.5555556 span

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24.4444444 span

24.8888889 span

25.3333333 span

25.7777778 span

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26.6666667 span

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27.5555556 span

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28.4444444 span

28.8888889 span

29.3333333 span

29.7777778 span

30.2222222 span

30.6666667 span

31.1111111 span

31.5555556 span

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32.4444444 span

32.8888889 span

33.3333333 span

33.7777778 span

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34.6666667 span

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35.5555556 span

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36.4444444 span

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37.3333333 span

37.7777778 span

38.2222222 span

38.6666667 span

39.1111111 span

39.5555556 span

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40.4444444 span

40.8888889 span

41.3333333 span

41.7777778 span

42.2222222 span

42.6666667 span

43.1111111 span

43.5555556 span

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44.4444444 span

Hands

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
hand		≡ 4 in	≡ 0.1016 m	Metric system Non-SI

Hands Conversion

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hands	spans	hands	spans
1	= 0.44444444444444	4	= 1.7777777777778
1.5	= 0.66666666666667	4.5	= 2
2	= 0.88888888888889	5	= 2.2222222222222
2.5	= 1.1111111111111	5.5	= 2.4444444444444
3	= 1.3333333333333	6	= 2.6666666666667

Hands to Spans Conversion Table

Spans [ span ]

A span is the distance measured by a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger. In ancient times, a span was considered to be half a cubit. Sometimes the distinction is made between the great span (thumb to little finger) and little span (index finger to little finger).

Name of unit	Symbol	Definition	Relation to SI units	Unit System
span	span	≡ 9 in	= 0.2286 m	Imperial/US

Spans Conversion

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spans	hands	spans	hands
1	= 2.25	4	= 9
1.5	= 3.375	4.5	= 10.125
2	= 4.5	5	= 11.25
2.5	= 5.625	5.5	= 12.375
3	= 6.75	6	= 13.5

Spans to Hands Conversion Table

Conversion table

hands	spans
1	= 0.4444444
2.25	= 1

Hands to Spans Conversion Table

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