thou | 1 th | 2 th | 3 th | 4 th | 5 th | 6 th | 7 th | 8 th | 9 th | 10 th | 11 th | 12 th | 13 th | 14 th | 15 th | 16 th | 17 th | 18 th | 19 th | 20 th | 21 th | 22 th | 23 th | 24 th | 25 th | 26 th | 27 th | 28 th | 29 th | 30 th | 31 th | 32 th | 33 th | 34 th | 35 th | 36 th | 37 th | 38 th | 39 th | 40 th | 41 th | 42 th | 43 th | 44 th | 45 th | 46 th | 47 th | 48 th | 49 th | 50 th | 51 th | 52 th | 53 th | 54 th | 55 th | 56 th | 57 th | 58 th | 59 th | 60 th | 61 th | 62 th | 63 th | 64 th | 65 th | 66 th | 67 th | 68 th | 69 th | 70 th | 71 th | 72 th | 73 th | 74 th | 75 th | 76 th | 77 th | 78 th | 79 th | 80 th | 81 th | 82 th | 83 th | 84 th | 85 th | 86 th | 87 th | 88 th | 89 th | 90 th | 91 th | 92 th | 93 th | 94 th | 95 th | 96 th | 97 th | 98 th | 99 th | 100 th |
spat | 2.54 × 10-17 S | 5.08 × 10-17 S | 7.62 × 10-17 S | 1.016 × 10-16 S | 1.27 × 10-16 S | 1.524 × 10-16 S | 1.778 × 10-16 S | 2.032 × 10-16 S | 2.286 × 10-16 S | 2.54 × 10-16 S | 2.794 × 10-16 S | 3.048 × 10-16 S | 3.302 × 10-16 S | 3.556 × 10-16 S | 3.81 × 10-16 S | 4.064 × 10-16 S | 4.318 × 10-16 S | 4.572 × 10-16 S | 4.826 × 10-16 S | 5.08 × 10-16 S | 5.334 × 10-16 S | 5.588 × 10-16 S | 5.842 × 10-16 S | 6.096 × 10-16 S | 6.35 × 10-16 S | 6.604 × 10-16 S | 6.858 × 10-16 S | 7.112 × 10-16 S | 7.366 × 10-16 S | 7.62 × 10-16 S | 7.874 × 10-16 S | 8.128 × 10-16 S | 8.382 × 10-16 S | 8.636 × 10-16 S | 8.89 × 10-16 S | 9.144 × 10-16 S | 9.398 × 10-16 S | 9.652 × 10-16 S | 9.906 × 10-16 S | 1.016 × 10-15 S | 1.0414 × 10-15 S | 1.0668 × 10-15 S | 1.0922 × 10-15 S | 1.1176 × 10-15 S | 1.143 × 10-15 S | 1.1684 × 10-15 S | 1.1938 × 10-15 S | 1.2192 × 10-15 S | 1.2446 × 10-15 S | 1.27 × 10-15 S | 1.2954 × 10-15 S | 1.3208 × 10-15 S | 1.3462 × 10-15 S | 1.3716 × 10-15 S | 1.397 × 10-15 S | 1.4224 × 10-15 S | 1.4478 × 10-15 S | 1.4732 × 10-15 S | 1.4986 × 10-15 S | 1.524 × 10-15 S | 1.5494 × 10-15 S | 1.5748 × 10-15 S | 1.6002 × 10-15 S | 1.6256 × 10-15 S | 1.651 × 10-15 S | 1.6764 × 10-15 S | 1.7018 × 10-15 S | 1.7272 × 10-15 S | 1.7526 × 10-15 S | 1.778 × 10-15 S | 1.8034 × 10-15 S | 1.8288 × 10-15 S | 1.8542 × 10-15 S | 1.8796 × 10-15 S | 1.905 × 10-15 S | 1.9304 × 10-15 S | 1.9558 × 10-15 S | 1.9812 × 10-15 S | 2.0066 × 10-15 S | 2.032 × 10-15 S | 2.0574 × 10-15 S | 2.0828 × 10-15 S | 2.1082 × 10-15 S | 2.1336 × 10-15 S | 2.159 × 10-15 S | 2.1844 × 10-15 S | 2.2098 × 10-15 S | 2.2352 × 10-15 S | 2.2606 × 10-15 S | 2.286 × 10-15 S | 2.3114 × 10-15 S | 2.3368 × 10-15 S | 2.3622 × 10-15 S | 2.3876 × 10-15 S | 2.413 × 10-15 S | 2.4384 × 10-15 S | 2.4638 × 10-15 S | 2.4892 × 10-15 S | 2.5146 × 10-15 S | 2.54 × 10-15 S |
A thousandth of an inch is a derived unit of length in an inch-based system of units. Equal to 0.001 inches, it is normally referred to as a thou /ˈθaʊ/, a thousandth, or (particularly in the United States) a mil.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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thou | th | ≡ 1×10−3 in | ≡ 2.54×10−5 m | Imperial/US |
thous | spats | thous | spats |
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1 | ≡ 2.54E-17 | 4 | ≡ 1.016E-16 |
1.5 | ≡ 3.81E-17 | 4.5 | ≡ 1.143E-16 |
2 | ≡ 5.08E-17 | 5 | ≡ 1.27E-16 |
2.5 | ≡ 6.35E-17 | 5.5 | ≡ 1.397E-16 |
3 | ≡ 7.62E-17 | 6 | ≡ 1.524E-16 |
The spat (symbol S) is also an obsolete unit of distance used in astronomy. It is equal to 1000000000 kilometres (1 Tm or 1012 m). It is about 6.6846 astronomical units (AU), 1.057×10−4 light-years or3.240×10−5 parsecs.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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spat | S | ≡ 1×1012 m | ≡ 1×1012 m | Science - Astronomy (Length) |
spats | thous | spats | thous |
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1 | ≡ 3.9370078740157E+16 | 4 | ≡ 1.5748031496063E+17 |
1.5 | ≡ 5.9055118110236E+16 | 4.5 | ≡ 1.7716535433071E+17 |
2 | ≡ 7.8740157480315E+16 | 5 | ≡ 1.9685039370079E+17 |
2.5 | ≡ 9.8425196850394E+16 | 5.5 | ≡ 2.1653543307087E+17 |
3 | ≡ 1.1811023622047E+17 | 6 | ≡ 2.3622047244094E+17 |
thous | spats |
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1 | ≡ 2.54 × 10-17 |
3.9370078740157 × 1016 | ≡ 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 …) |