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Abridged list of units supported by {{Convert}}
Explanation
system unit code
(alternative) 		symbol/abbreviation notes conversion factor combinations
the system(s) to which the unit belongs units listed by name codes that can be entered when using the template symbols/abbreviations as displayed by the template notes which may pertain to the units in general or specifically to their use in this template conversion factors used by the template to convert to and from the SI base unit codes for multiple conversions


LENGTH
(Full list)
system unit code
(alternative) 		abbreviation notes conversion factor/m combinations
SI megametre Mm Mm US spelling: megameter
 1,000,000
kilometre km km US spelling: kilometer
 1,000
  • km mi
metre m m US spelling: meter
 1
  • m ft
  • m ftin
centimetre cm cm US spelling: centimeter
 0.01
  • cm in
millimetre mm mm US spelling: millimeter
 0.001
  • mm in
micrometre μm (um) µm US spelling: micrometer
 0.000001
nanometre nm nm US spelling: nanometer
 0.000000001
non-SI metric ångström Å
(angstrom) 		Å 0.0000000001
Imperial
&
US customary 		mile mi mi 1,609.344
  • mi km
furlong furlong 201.168
chain chain 20.1168
rod rd rd For other names of this unit see the full list. 5.0292
fathom fathom assumes 1 fathom ≡ 6 ft 1.8288
yard yd yd assumes the international definition 0.9144
foot ft (foot) ft The foot code will produce foot as the plural form. 0.3048
  • ft m (foot m)
hand hand h 0.1016
inch in in 0.0254
  • in cm
  • in mm
Other nautical mile nmi nmi the international standard nautical mile
For other nautical miles see the full list. 		1,852
parsec pc pc 3.0856775814672×10^16
light-year ly ly 9.4607304725808×10^15
astronomical unit AU AU 149,597,870,700


AREA
(Full list)
system unit code
(alternative) 		abbreviation notes conversion factor/m2 combinations
SI square kilometre km2 km2 US spelling: square kilometer
 1,000,000
  • km2 sqmi
square metre m2 m2 US spelling: square meter
 1
  • m2 sqft
square centimetre cm2 cm2 US spelling: square centimeter
 0.0001
  • cm2 sqin
square millimetre mm2 mm² US spelling: square millimeter
 0.000001
  • mm2 sqin
non-SI metric hectare ha ha 10,000
Imperial
&
US customary 		square mile sqmi sq mi 2,589,988.110336
  • sqmi km2
acre acre 4,046.856422
square yard sqyd sq yd 0.83612736
square foot sqft
(sqfoot) 		sq ft The sqfoot code will produce square foot as the plural form. 0.09290304
  • sqft m2 (sqfoot m2)
square inch sqin sq in 0.00064516
  • sqin cm2
Other square nautical mile sqnmi sq nmi 3,429,904
dunam dunam For alternative spellings and definitions see the full list 1,000
tsubo tsubo (400/121)


VOLUME
(Full list)
system unit code
(alternative) 		abbreviation notes conversion factor/m3 combinations
SI cubic metre m3 m3 US spelling: cubic meter
one kilolitre 		1
cubic centimetre cm3 cm3 US spelling: cubic centimeter
one millilitre 		0.000001
cc cc
cubic millimetre mm3 mm³ US spelling: cubic millimeter
 0.000000001
non-SI metric kilolitre kl kl US spelling: kiloliter
one cubic metre 		1
kL kL
litre l l US spelling: liter
one cubic decimetre
Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 		0.001
  • l impgal
  • l USgal
  • l U.S.gal
  • l USdrygal
  • l U.S.drygal
L L
  • L impgal
  • L USgal
  • L U.S.gal
  • L USdrygal
  • L U.S.drygal
centilitre cl cl US spelling: centiliter
 0.00001
cL cL
millilitre ml ml US spelling: milliliter
one cubic centimetre 		0.000001
  • ml impoz
  • ml USoz
  • ml U.S.oz
mL mL
  • mL impoz
  • mL USoz
  • mL U.S.oz
Imperial
&
US customary 		cubic yard cuyd cu yd 0.764554857984
cubic foot cuft (cufoot) cu ft The cufoot code will produce cubic foot as the plural form. 0.028316846592
cubic inch cuin cu in 0.000016387064
Imperial barrel impbbl imp bbl 36 imp gal 0.16365924
bushel impbsh imp bsh 8 imp gal 0.03636872
impbu imp bu
gallon impgal imp gal 4.54609 litres by definition, also
4 imp qt or 8 imp pt or 160 imp fl oz
Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 		0.00454609
  • impgal l
  • impgal L
  • impgal USgal
  • impgal U.S.gal
  • impgal USdrygal
  • impgal U.S.drygal
quart impqt imp qt 1/4 imp gal or 40 imp fl oz 0.0011365225
pint imppt imp pt 1/8 imp gal or 20 imp fl oz 0.00056826125
fluid ounce impoz (impfloz) imp fl oz 1/160 imp gal 0.0000284130625
  • impoz USoz
  • impoz U.S.oz
  • impoz ml
  • impoz mL
US customary
liquid measure 		barrel USbbl US bbl 31½ US gal
used for liquids except for oil and beer (see the full list) 		0.119240471196
U.S.bbl U.S. bbl
barrel oilbbl bbl 42 US gal 0.158987294928
beer barrel USbeerbbl
(usbeerbbl) 		US bbl 0.117347765304
U.S.beerbbl
(usbeerbbl) 		U.S. bbl
gallon USgal US gal 231 cubic inches by definition, also
4 US qt or 8 US pt or 128 US fl oz
Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 		0.003785411784
  • USgal l
  • USgal L
  • USgal impgal
U.S.gal U.S. gal
  • USgal l
  • USgal L
  • USgal impgal
quart USqt US qt 1/4 US gal or 32 US fl oz 0.000946352946
U.S.qt U.S. qt
pint USpt US pt 1/8 US gal or 16 US fl oz 0.000473176473
U.S.pt U.S. pt
fluid ounce USoz
(USfloz) 		US fl oz 1/128 US gal 0.0000295735295625
  • USoz ml
  • USoz mL
  • USoz impoz
U.S.oz
(U.S.floz) 		U.S. fl oz
  • U.S.oz ml
  • U.S.oz mL
  • U.S.oz impoz
US customary
dry measure 		barrel USdrybbl US bbl 105/32 US bsh 0.11562819898508
U.S.drybbl U.S. bbl
bushel USbsh US bsh 2150.42 cubic inches by definition 0.03523907016688
USbu U.S. bu
U.S.bsh U.S. bsh
U.S.bu U.S. bu
dry gallon USdrygal US dry gal 1/8 US bsh
Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 		0.00440488377086
  • USdrygal l
  • USdrygal L
  • USdrygal impgal
U.S.drygal U.S. dry gal
  • U.S.drygal l
  • U.S.drygal L
  • U.S.drygal impgal
dry quart USdryqt US dry qt 1/32 US bsh 0.001101220942715
U.S.dryqt U.S. dry qt
dry pint USdrypt US dry pt 1/32 US bsh 0.0005506104713575
U.S.drypt U.S. dry pt


SPEED
(Full list)
system unit code
(alternative) 		abbreviation notes conversion factor/(m/s) combinations
SI metre per second m/s m/s US spelling: meter per second
 1
  • m/s ft/s (m/s foot/s)
non-SI metric kilometre per hour km/h km/h US spelling: kilometer per hour
 (5/18)
  • km/h mph
Imperial
&
US customary 		mile per hour mph mph 0.44704
  • mph km/h
  • mph kn
foot per second ft/s (foot/s) ft/s The foot/s code will produce foot per second as the plural form. 0.3048
  • ft/s m/s
Maritime units knot kn (knot) kn (4.63/9)
  • kn mph


FORCE
(Full list)
system unit code
(alternative) 		abbreviation notes conversion factor/N combinations
SI giganewton GN GN Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 1,000,000,000
  • GN LT-f
  • GN LTf
  • GN ST-f
  • GN STf
meganewton MN MN Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 1,000,000
  • MN LT-f
  • MN LTf
  • MN ST-f
  • MN STf
kilonewton kN kN Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 1,000
  • kN LT-f
  • kN LTf
  • kN ST-f
  • kN STf
newton N N 1
  • N lb-f
  • N lbf
  • N oz-f
  • N ozf
millinewton mN mN 0.001
  • mN oz-f
  • mN ozf
  • mN gr-f
  • mN grf
micronewton μN (uN) µN 0.000001
  • μN gr-f
  • μN grf
nanonewton nN nN 0.000000001
  • nN gr-f
  • nN grf
cgs megadyne Mdyn Mdyn 10
kilodyne kdyn kdyn 0.01
dyne dyn
(dyne) 		dyn 0.00001
millidyne mdyn mdyn 0.00000001
Metric gravitational units tonne-force t-f tf 9,806.65
tf tf
kilogram-force kg-f kgf 9.80665
kgf kgf
gram-force g-f gf 0.00980665
gf gf
milligram-force mg-f mgf 0.00000980665
mgf mgf
Avoirdupois-based units poundal pdl pdl 0.138254954376
long ton-force LT-f LTf 9,964.01641818352
  • LT-f ST-f
LTf LTf
  • LTf STf
short ton-force ST-f STf 8,896.443230521
  • ST-f LT-f
STf STf
  • STf LTf
pound-force lb-f lbf 4.4482216152605
lbf lbf
ounce-force oz-f ozf 0.2780138203095378125
ozf ozf
grain-force gr-f grf 0.0006354602307515
grf grf


ENERGY
(Full list)
system unit code
(alternative) 		abbreviation notes conversion factor/J combinations
SI gigajoule GJ GJ 1,000,000,000
megajoule MJ MJ 1,000,000
kilojoule kJ kJ 1,000
hectojoule hJ hJ 100
decajoule daJ daJ 10
joule J J 1
decijoule dJ dJ 0.1
centijoule cJ cJ 0.01
millijoule mJ mJ 0.001
microjoule μJ (uJ) µJ 0.000001
nanojoule nJ nJ 0.000000001
cgs megaerg Merg Merg 0.1
kiloerg kerg kerg 0.0001
erg erg erg 0.0000001
Watt-hour multiples terawatt-hour TWh TWh 3.6×10^15
TW.h TW·h
gigawatt-hour GWh GWh 3.6×10^12
GW.h GW·h
megawatt-hour MWh MWh 3,600,000,000
MW.h MW·h
kilowatt-hour kWh kW·h 3,600,000
kW.h kW·h
watt-hour Wh Wh 3,600
W.h W·h
Electronvolt multiples gigaelectronvolt GeV GeV 0.0000000001602176487
megaelectronvolt MeV MeV 1.602176487×10^−13
kiloelectronvolt keV keV 1.602176487×10^−16
electronvolt eV eV 1.602176487×10^−19
millielectronvolt meV meV 1.602176487×10^−22
Calorie multiples Calorie Cal Cal The thermochemical calorie is the default definition. For other definitions see the full list. 4,184
megacalorie Mcal Mcal 4,184,000
kilocalorie kcal kcal 4,184
calorie cal cal 4.184
millicalorie mcal mcal 0.004184
pound/ounce-foot/
inch-hour-minute-second 		foot-poundal ftpdl ft·pdl 0.0421401100938048
foot-pound (energy) ftlbf ft·lbf 1.3558179483314004
ftlb-f ft·lbf
inch-pound force inlbf in·lbf 0.1129848290276167
inlb-f in·lbf
inch-ounce force inozf in·ozf 0.00706155181422604375
inoz-f in·ozf
horsepower-hour hph hp·h 2,684,519.537696172792
British thermal unit British thermal unit Btu Btu The International Steam Table British thermal unit is the default definition. For other definitions see the full list. 1,055.05585262
BTU BTU
TNT-based units gigatonne of TNT GtTNT 4.184×10^18
gigaton of TNT GtonTNT
megatonne of TNT MtTNT 4.184×10^15
megaton of TNT MtonTNT Mt
kilotonne of TNT ktTNT 4.184×10^12
kiloton of TNT ktonTNT kt
tonne of TNT tTNT 4,184,000,000
ton of TNT tonTNT
Other Hartree Eh Eh 4.35974417×10^−18
rydberg Ry Ry 2.1798741×10^−18
tonne of oil equivalent toe toe 41,868,000,000
barrel of oil equivalent BOE BOE 6,117,863,200
cubic foot of natural gas cuftnaturalgas
(cufootnaturalgas) 		The cufootnaturalgas code will produce cubic foot of natural gas as the plural form. 1,055,055.85262
litre-atmosphere latm l·atm 101.325
Latm L·atm
gallon-atmosphere impgalatm imp gal·atm 460.63256925
gallon-atmosphere USgalatm
(usgalatm) 		US gal·atm 383.5568490138
U.S.galatm
(usgalatm) 		U.S. gal·atm


TEMPERATURE
(Full list)
system unit code
(alternative) 		abbreviation notes conversion
to kelvin 		combinations
SI kelvin K K Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. [K]
  • K °C (K C)
  • K °R (K R)
  • K °F (K F)
degree Celsius °C (C) °C ([°C]+273.15)
  • °C K (C K)
  • °C °R (C R)
  • °C °F (C F)
Imperial
&
US customary 		degree Rankine °R (R) °R ([°R]/1.8)
  • °R K (R K)
  • °R °C (R C)
  • °R °F (R F)
degree Fahrenheit °F (F) °F (([°F]+459.67)/1.8)
  • °F K (F K)
  • °F °C (F C)
  • °F °R (F R)
Celsius change C-change Example:  {{convert|5|C-change}}
Fahrenheit change F-change Example:  {{convert|10|F-change}}


MASS
(Full list)
system unit code
(alternative) 		abbreviation notes conversion factor/kg combinations
SI kilogram kg kg Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 1
  • kg lb
  • kg st
gram g g 0.001
  • g oz
milligram mg mg 0.000001
  • mg gr
microgram μg (ug) µg 0.000000001
non-SI metric tonne t t Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 1,000
  • t LT
  • t ST
metric ton MT t
  • MT LT
  • MT ST
Avoirdupois long ton LT 2,240 lb
used mostly in the British Commonwealth
Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 		1,016.0469088
  • LT t
  • LT MT
  • LT ST
long ton
short ton ST 2,000 lb
used mostly in the US
Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 		907.18474
  • ST t
  • ST MT
  • ST LT
short ton
stone st st 14 lb
used mostly in the British Commonwealth except Canada
Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 		6.35029318
  • st kg
  • st lb
pound lb lb Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 0.45359237
  • lb kg
  • lb st
ounce oz oz 0.028349523
  • oz g
drachm drachm 0.001771845195
drachm dram
grain gr gr equivalent to the troy grain 0.00006479891
Troy troy ounce ozt ozt 0.0311034768
other carat carat 0.0002


TORQUE
(Full list)
system unit code abbreviation notes conversion factor/N·m combinations
Industrial
SI newton metre Nm N·m Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 1
  • Nm kg-m
  • Nm ft-lb
Non-SI metric kilogram-meter kg-m kg-m 9.80665
  • kg-m Nm
  • kg-m ft-lb
Imperial
&
US customary 		foot-pound ft-lb ft-lb 1.3558
  • ft-lb Nm
  • ft-lb kg-m
Scientific
SI newton metre N-m N·m Triple combinations are also possible. See the full list. 1
  • N-m kgf-m
  • N-m lbf-ft
Non-SI metric kilogram-force meter kgf-m kgf·m 9.80665
  • kgf-m N-m
  • kgf-m lbf-ft
Imperial
&
US customary 		pound-foot lbf-ft lbf·ft 1.3558
  • lbf-ft N-m
  • lbf-ft kgf-m
PRESSURE
unit code abbreviation conversion factor/Pa
gigapascal GPa GPa 1,000,000,000 ‎
megapascal MPa MPa 1,000,000 ‎
kilopascal kPa kPa 1,000 ‎
hectopascal hPa hPa 100 ‎
pascal Pa Pa 1 ‎
millipascal ‎mPa‎ mPa 0.001 ‎
millibar mbar mbar 100 ‎
mb mb ‎
decibar ‎dbar dbar 10,000 ‎
bar bar bar 100,000 ‎
kilobarye kBa kBa 100 ‎
barye ‎Ba Ba 0.1 ‎
standard atmosphere atm atm 101,325 ‎
torr Torr Torr (20,265/152) ‎
millimetre of mercury mmHg mmHg 133.322387415 ‎
inch of mercury inHg inHg 3,386.388640341 ‎
pound per square inch psi psi (444,822,161.52605/64,516) ‎
FUEL EFFICIENCY
unit code
(alternative) 		notes combinations
kilometres per litre km/l (km/L) Use km/L to get "km/L"
  • km/l mpgimp
  • km/l mpgus
litres per 100 kilometres l/100 km (L/100 km) Use L/100 km to get "L/100 km"
  • l/100 km mpgimp
  • l/100 km mpgus
litres per kilometre l/km (L/km) Use L/km to get "L/km"
  • l/km impgal/mi
  • l/km usgal/mi
miles per imperial gallon mpgimp
  • mpgimp mpgus
miles per US gallon mpgus (mpgUS, mpgU.S.) Use mpgUS to get "US"

Use mpgU.S. to get "U.S."
mpgus will give "U.S." if spelling is
set to US & "US" otherwise

  • mpgus mpgimp
imperial gallons per mile impgal/mi
  • impgal/mi
US gallons per mile usgal/mi (USgal/mi, U.S.gal/mi) As above with the us vs US vs U.S.
  • usgal/mi
The mpgUS, mpgU.S., USgal/mi vs U.S.gal/mi, km/L, L/100 km and L/km variants work within combinations also (making 36 combinations in total).
POWER
Watts, kilowatts, milliwatts, etc. are supported. As is horsepower (English & metric). Use standard abbreviations as input code (lower case hp for horsepower, for example)
POPULATION DENSITY
unit code
(alternative) 		notes combinations
inhabitants per square kilometre PD/sqkm PD stands for population density, i.e. humans (inhabitants)
  • PD/sqkm PD/sqmi
per square kilometre /sqkm Used when the word 'inhabitants' would be inappropriate.
  • /sqkm /sqmi
inhabitants per hectare PD/ha
  • PD/ha PD/acre
per hectare /ha
  • /ha /acre
inhabitants per square mile PD/sqmi PD stands for population density, i.e. humans (inhabitants)
  • PD/sqmi PD/sqkm
per square mile /sqmi Used when the word 'inhabitants' would be inappropriate.
  • /sqmi /sqkm
inhabitants per acre PD/acre
  • PD/acre PD/ha
per acre /acre
  • /acre /ha
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