#linear_unit a unit of measurement of length
supertype: #linear_measure #distance (pm)
subtype: #astronomy_unit__astronomyunit a linear unit used for astronomical distances
subtype: #light_year__lightyear the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers
subtype: #light_hour__lighthour the distance light travels in a vacuum in one hour; approximately one billion kilometers
subtype: #light_minute__lightminute the distance light travels in a vacuum in one minute; approximately 18 million kilometers
subtype: #light_second__lightsecond the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second; approximately 300,000 kilometers
subtype: #Astronomical_Unit__AU a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
subtype: #parsec__secpar a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
subtype: #metric_linear_unit a linear unit of distance in metric terms
subtype: #femtometer__femtometre__fermi a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter
subtype: #picometer__picometre__micromicron a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter
subtype: #angstrom_unit__angstrom__A a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
subtype: #nanometer__nanometre__millimicron__micromillimetre a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
subtype: #micron__micrometer a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
subtype: #millimeter__millimetre__mm a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter
subtype: #centimeter__centimetre__cm a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
subtype: #decimeter__decimetre__dm a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter
subtype: #meter__metre__m the basic unit of length adopted under the System International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
subtype: #decameter__dekameter__decametre__dekametre__dam__dkm a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
subtype: #hectometer__hectometre__hm a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters
subtype: #kilometer__kilometre__km__klick a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
subtype: #myriameter__myriametre__mym a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters
subtype: #nautical_linear_unit a linear unit of distance used in navigation
subtype: #international_nautical_mile__nautical_mile__mile__mi__naut_mi__knot__air_mile__airmile a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
subtype: #nautical_mile__naut_mi__mile__mi__geographical_mile__Admiralty_mile a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
subtype: #sea_mile__seamile__mile a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
subtype: #inch__in a unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot
subtype: #ft__foot a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
subtype: #footer (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet; "he is a six-footer" or "the golfer sank a 40-footer" or "his yacht is a 60-footer"
subtype: #yard__pace a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
subtype: #perch.linear_unit__rod (British) a linear measure of 16.5 feet
subtype: #furlong a unit of length equal to 220 yards
subtype: #statute_mile__statutemile__mile__stat_mi__land_mile__mi a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
subtype: #half_mile__880_yards__880yard a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile
subtype: #quarter_mile__quartermile__440_yards__440yard a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile
subtype: #league.linear_unit an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
subtype: #ligne a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons
subtype: #nail.linear_unit a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
subtype: #archine a Russian unit of length (71 cm)
subtype: #kos__ko__coss an Indian unit of length having different values in different localities
subtype: #vara a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities
subtype: #verst a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)
subtype: #cable_length__cablelength__cable__cable's_length__cable'slength a nautical unit of depth
subtype: #chain.linear_unit a unit of length
subtype: #Gunter's_chain a unit of length (22 yards)
subtype: #engineer's_chain a unit of length (100 ft)
subtype: #nautical_chain a nautical unit of length (15 ft)
subtype: #cubit an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm
subtype: #fingerbreadth__finger__finger's_breadth__digit the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
subtype: #body_length the length of your body
subtype: #handbreadth__handsbreadth any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
subtype: #hand.handbreadth a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses; "the horse stood 20 hands"
subtype: #head.linear_unit the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head"
subtype: #lea a unit of length of thread or yarn
subtype: #li Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
subtype: #link.linear_unit a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
subtype: #mesh the number of opening per inch of a screen; measures size of particles; "a 100 mesh screen" or "100 mesh powdered cellulose"
subtype: #mil a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)
subtype: #Swedish_mile__mile a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
subtype: #Roman_mile__mile an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
subtype: #Roman_pace an ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground
subtype: #geometric_pace__geometricpace a modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet
subtype: #military_pace the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time)
subtype: #palm a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
subtype: #span.linear_unit a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
subtype: #fthm__fathom a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
subtype: #point.linear_unit a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
subtype: #pica_em__em__pica a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
subtype: #en__nut half the width of an em
subtype: #cicero a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em
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