Common Units Converter, meteric <--> imperial

°F <--> °C
thermometer

Temperature conversion


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Length/Distance conversion


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Area conversion


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Volume conversion


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Weight conversion


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Pressure conversion


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Power conversion

British System:
 746W = 1 H.P.
 1000W (1 kW) = (1000 / 746) H.P. = 1.34 H.P.

Metric System:
 735.5W = 1 H.P.
 1000W (1kW) = (1000/735.5) H.P. = 1.36 H.P.

Speed conversion

Speed is expressed in length per time. However there are some special units:



Special names

Some old units in the metric system use old names that do not have the power prefixes. Those are:

Power prefixes used within the units of the metric system

No converter is needed to convert among the units of the metric system. You just multiply or divide by a factor which is given by the power prefix.
Example: 1km (kilometer) = 103 m (meter)= 1000m (meter)

Prefix

Symbol

Factor

yotta

Y

1024

zetta

Z

1021

exa

E

1018

peta

P

1015

tera

T

1012

giga

G

109

mega

M

106=1,000,000

kilo

k

103=1000

hecto

h

102=100

deka

da

101=10

deci

d

10-1=1/10

centi

c

10-2=1/100

milli

m

10-3=1/1000

micro

μ (mu)

10-6=1/1,000,000

nano

n

10-9

pico

p

10-12

femto

f

10-15

atto

a

10-18

zepto

z

10-21

yocto

y

10-24



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Version: 2010-08-15