| rod | 1 rd | 2 rd | 3 rd | 4 rd | 5 rd | 6 rd | 7 rd | 8 rd | 9 rd | 10 rd | 11 rd | 12 rd | 13 rd | 14 rd | 15 rd | 16 rd | 17 rd | 18 rd | 19 rd | 20 rd | 21 rd | 22 rd | 23 rd | 24 rd | 25 rd | 26 rd | 27 rd | 28 rd | 29 rd | 30 rd | 31 rd | 32 rd | 33 rd | 34 rd | 35 rd | 36 rd | 37 rd | 38 rd | 39 rd | 40 rd | 41 rd | 42 rd | 43 rd | 44 rd | 45 rd | 46 rd | 47 rd | 48 rd | 49 rd | 50 rd | 51 rd | 52 rd | 53 rd | 54 rd | 55 rd | 56 rd | 57 rd | 58 rd | 59 rd | 60 rd | 61 rd | 62 rd | 63 rd | 64 rd | 65 rd | 66 rd | 67 rd | 68 rd | 69 rd | 70 rd | 71 rd | 72 rd | 73 rd | 74 rd | 75 rd | 76 rd | 77 rd | 78 rd | 79 rd | 80 rd | 81 rd | 82 rd | 83 rd | 84 rd | 85 rd | 86 rd | 87 rd | 88 rd | 89 rd | 90 rd | 91 rd | 92 rd | 93 rd | 94 rd | 95 rd | 96 rd | 97 rd | 98 rd | 99 rd | 100 rd |
| palm | 66 palm | 132 palm | 198 palm | 264 palm | 330 palm | 396 palm | 462 palm | 528 palm | 594 palm | 660 palm | 726 palm | 792 palm | 858 palm | 924 palm | 990 palm | 1 056 palm | 1 122 palm | 1 188 palm | 1 254 palm | 1 320 palm | 1 386 palm | 1 452 palm | 1 518 palm | 1 584 palm | 1 650 palm | 1 716 palm | 1 782 palm | 1 848 palm | 1 914 palm | 1 980 palm | 2 046 palm | 2 112 palm | 2 178 palm | 2 244 palm | 2 310 palm | 2 376 palm | 2 442 palm | 2 508 palm | 2 574 palm | 2 640 palm | 2 706 palm | 2 772 palm | 2 838 palm | 2 904 palm | 2 970 palm | 3 036 palm | 3 102 palm | 3 168 palm | 3 234 palm | 3 300 palm | 3 366 palm | 3 432 palm | 3 498 palm | 3 564 palm | 3 630 palm | 3 696 palm | 3 762 palm | 3 828 palm | 3 894 palm | 3 960 palm | 4 026 palm | 4 092 palm | 4 158 palm | 4 224 palm | 4 290 palm | 4 356 palm | 4 422 palm | 4 488 palm | 4 554 palm | 4 620 palm | 4 686 palm | 4 752 palm | 4 818 palm | 4 884 palm | 4 950 palm | 5 016 palm | 5 082 palm | 5 148 palm | 5 214 palm | 5 280 palm | 5 346 palm | 5 412 palm | 5 478 palm | 5 544 palm | 5 610 palm | 5 676 palm | 5 742 palm | 5 808 palm | 5 874 palm | 5 940 palm | 6 006 palm | 6 072 palm | 6 138 palm | 6 204 palm | 6 270 palm | 6 336 palm | 6 402 palm | 6 468 palm | 6 534 palm | 6 600 palm |
The rod or perch or pole is a surveyors tool and unit of length equal to 5 1⁄2 yards, 16 1⁄2 feet, 1⁄320 of a statute mile or one-fourth of a surveyor's chain and 5.0292 meters.
| Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rod | rd | ≡ 16 1⁄2 ft | = 5.0292 m | Imperial/US |
| rods | palms | rods | palms |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | = 66 | 4 | = 264 |
| 1.5 | = 99 | 4.5 | = 297 |
| 2 | = 132 | 5 | = 330 |
| 2.5 | = 165 | 5.5 | = 363 |
| 3 | = 198 | 6 | = 396 |
The palm is an obsolete anthropic unit of length, originally based on the width of the human palm and then variously standardized. The same name is also used for a second, rather larger unit based on the length of the human hand.
| Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| palm | ≡ 3 in | = 0.0762 m | Other (Length) |
| palms | rods | palms | rods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | = 0.015151515151515 | 4 | = 0.060606060606061 |
| 1.5 | = 0.022727272727273 | 4.5 | = 0.068181818181818 |
| 2 | = 0.03030303030303 | 5 | = 0.075757575757576 |
| 2.5 | = 0.037878787878788 | 5.5 | = 0.083333333333333 |
| 3 | = 0.045454545454545 | 6 | = 0.090909090909091 |
| rods | palms |
|---|---|
| 1 | = 66 |
| 0.0151515 | = 1 |
| Symbol | Definition |
|---|---|
| ≡ | 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 …) |