Distance and Length Conversion

Distance is a numerical description of how far apart objects are. In physics or everyday usage, distance may refer to a physical length, or an estimation based on other criteria (e.g. "two counties over"). In mathematics, a distance function or metric is a generalization of the concept of physical distance. Metric and imperial length conversions for meter, centimeter, inch, foot, yard, kilometer, mile, millimeter, nautical mile and many more. The length is a metric of the one-dimensional space, is one of the fundamental metric in the International System of Units. In geometric measurements, length most commonly means the longest dimension of an object. The basic unit of length is the meter in the International System of Units (SI). The kilometer and the centimeter are also commonly used units. In U.S. customary units, English or Imperial system of units, commonly used units of length are the inch, the foot, the yard, and the mile.