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cable length (International) | 8.6897624 cable length (International) | 17.3795248 cable length (International) | 26.0692873 cable length (International) | 34.7590497 cable length (International) | 43.4488121 cable length (International) | 52.1385745 cable length (International) | 60.8283369 cable length (International) | 69.5180994 cable length (International) | 78.2078618 cable length (International) | 86.8976242 cable length (International) | 95.5873866 cable length (International) | 104.2771490 cable length (International) | 112.9669114 cable length (International) | 121.6566739 cable length (International) | 130.3464363 cable length (International) | 139.0361987 cable length (International) | 147.7259611 cable length (International) | 156.4157235 cable length (International) | 165.1054860 cable length (International) | 173.7952484 cable length (International) | 182.4850108 cable length (International) | 191.1747732 cable length (International) | 199.8645356 cable length (International) | 208.5542981 cable length (International) | 217.2440605 cable length (International) | 225.9338229 cable length (International) | 234.6235853 cable length (International) | 243.3133477 cable length (International) | 252.0031102 cable length (International) | 260.6928726 cable length (International) | 269.3826350 cable length (International) | 278.0723974 cable length (International) | 286.7621598 cable length (International) | 295.4519222 cable length (International) | 304.1416847 cable length (International) | 312.8314471 cable length (International) | 321.5212095 cable length (International) | 330.2109719 cable length (International) | 338.9007343 cable length (International) | 347.5904968 cable length (International) | 356.2802592 cable length (International) | 364.9700216 cable length (International) | 373.6597840 cable length (International) | 382.3495464 cable length (International) | 391.0393089 cable length (International) | 399.7290713 cable length (International) | 408.4188337 cable length (International) | 417.1085961 cable length (International) | 425.7983585 cable length (International) | 434.4881210 cable length (International) | 443.1778834 cable length (International) | 451.8676458 cable length (International) | 460.5574082 cable length (International) | 469.2471706 cable length (International) | 477.9369330 cable length (International) | 486.6266955 cable length (International) | 495.3164579 cable length (International) | 504.0062203 cable length (International) | 512.6959827 cable length (International) | 521.3857451 cable length (International) | 530.0755076 cable length (International) | 538.7652700 cable length (International) | 547.4550324 cable length (International) | 556.1447948 cable length (International) | 564.8345572 cable length (International) | 573.5243197 cable length (International) | 582.2140821 cable length (International) | 590.9038445 cable length (International) | 599.5936069 cable length (International) | 608.2833693 cable length (International) | 616.9731317 cable length (International) | 625.6628942 cable length (International) | 634.3526566 cable length (International) | 643.0424190 cable length (International) | 651.7321814 cable length (International) | 660.4219438 cable length (International) | 669.1117063 cable length (International) | 677.8014687 cable length (International) | 686.4912311 cable length (International) | 695.1809935 cable length (International) | 703.8707559 cable length (International) | 712.5605184 cable length (International) | 721.2502808 cable length (International) | 729.9400432 cable length (International) | 738.6298056 cable length (International) | 747.3195680 cable length (International) | 756.0093305 cable length (International) | 764.6990929 cable length (International) | 773.3888553 cable length (International) | 782.0786177 cable length (International) | 790.7683801 cable length (International) | 799.4581425 cable length (International) | 808.1479050 cable length (International) | 816.8376674 cable length (International) | 825.5274298 cable length (International) | 834.2171922 cable length (International) | 842.9069546 cable length (International) | 851.5967171 cable length (International) | 860.2864795 cable length (International) | 868.9762419 cable length (International) |
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 | cable length (International) | miles | cable length (International) |
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1 | ≡ 8.6897624190065 | 4 | ≡ 34.759049676026 |
1.5 | ≡ 13.03464362851 | 4.5 | ≡ 39.103930885529 |
2 | ≡ 17.379524838013 | 5 | ≡ 43.448812095032 |
2.5 | ≡ 21.724406047516 | 5.5 | ≡ 47.793693304536 |
3 | ≡ 26.069287257019 | 6 | ≡ 52.138574514039 |
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 (International) | ≡ 1⁄10 nmi | ≡ 185.2 m | Imperial/US |
cable length (International) | miles | cable length (International) | miles |
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1 | ≡ 0.11507794480235 | 4 | ≡ 0.46031177920942 |
1.5 | ≡ 0.17261691720353 | 4.5 | ≡ 0.51785075161059 |
2 | ≡ 0.23015588960471 | 5 | ≡ 0.57538972401177 |
2.5 | ≡ 0.28769486200589 | 5.5 | ≡ 0.63292869641295 |
3 | ≡ 0.34523383440706 | 6 | ≡ 0.69046766881413 |
miles | cable length (International) |
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1 | ≡ 8.6897624 |
0.1150779 | ≡ 1 |
You can find the conversion in other languages in the following:
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 …) |