# Units

This file represents everything Calca knows about units. It is a database of

Imperial, US, SI, and other common units covering length, mass, time, energy and
more.

* [Length][]
* [Area][]
* [Volume][]
* [Plane angle][]
* [Mass][]
* [Time][]
* [Force][]
* [Energy][]
* [Information entropy][]
* [Luminous intensity][]

## Length

m = m
meter = m
metre = m
meters = m
metres = m

### angstrom

Å = m / 10000000000
angstrom = Å
ångström = Å
å = Å

### astronomical unit

au = 149597870700 m
ua = au

### Bohr, atomic unit of length

a0 = 5.2917720859e-11 m
bohr = a0
au length = a0

### chain (Gunter's; Surveyor's)

ch = 66 ft
chain = ch

### centimeter

cm = m/100
centimeter = cm
centimetre = cm

### fathom

ftm = 6 ft
 fathom = ftm

### fermi

fm = m/1000000000000000
fermi = fm

### foot (International)

ft = 3048 m / 10000
foot = ft
feet = ft

### foot (US Survey)

survey ft = 1200m/3937
survey foot = survey ft
survey feet = survey ft

### furlong

fur = mi / 8
furlong = fur

### inch (International)

in = 254 m / 10000
inch = 1 in
inches = 1 in

### light-day

ld = 24 light hour
light day = ld

### light-hour

lh = 60 light min
light hour = lh

### light-minute

lm = 60 light second
light minute = lm

### light-second

ls = 299792458 m
light second = ls

### light-year

ly = 9.4607304725808e15 m
light year = ly

### link (Gunter's; Surveyor's)

link = ch/100
### marathon

marathon = 42195 m

### micron

µ = m/1000000
micron = µ

### mil; thou

mil = (1 in)/1000

### mile (international)

mi = 5280 ft
mile = mi
miles = mile

### mile (US Survey)

survey mile = 5280 survey foot

### nanometer

nm = 1e-9 m
nanometer = nm

### nautical league

NL = 5556 m
league = NL

### nautical mile (international)

NM = 1852 m
nmi = NM

### parsec

pc = 3.08567782e16 m
parsec = pc

### pica

pica = 12 point

### point (American English)

pt = (1 in)/72.272
point = pt

### point (PostScript)

PS pt = (1 in)/72

### point (TeX)

TeX pt = (1 in)/72.27
### point (iOS)

iOS pt = (2 in)/320
iOS point = iOS pt
iospt = iOS pt

### twip

twip = (1 in)/1440

### yard (International)

yd = 3 ft
yard = yd
yards = yd

## Area

### acre (international)

acre = 4046.8564224 m^2

acres = acre
ac = acre

### barony

barony = 4000 acre

### hectare

ha = 10000 m^2
hectare = ha

### meter^2

m2 = m^2

## Volume

### barrel (imperial)

bl = 0.16365924 m^3
barrel = bl

### barrel (petroleum)

bbl = 0.158987294928 m^3

oil barrel = bbl

### barrel (US dry)

bl US = 0.115628198985075 m^3
US dry barrel = bl US
### barrel (US fluid)

fl bl US = 0.119240471196 m^3

### bushel (imperial)

bu imp = 0.03636872 m^3

### bushel (US dry heaped)

bu US heaped = 0.0440488377086 m^3

### bushel (US dry level)

bu = 0.03523907016688 m^3
bu US = bu
bushel = bu
bushels = bu

### cord (firewood)

cord firewood = 3.624556363776 m^3

### cubic centimeter

cc = cm^3

### cup (breakfast)

breakfast cup = 284.130625e-6 m^3

### cup (Canadian)

c CA = 227.3045e-6 m^3
Canadian cup = c CA
CA cup = c CA

### cup (metric)

metric cup = 250.0e-6 m^3

### cup (US customary)

cup = 236.5882365e-6 m^3

US cup = cup
c US = cup
cups = cup

### dash (imperial)

dash imp = 369.96175130208333333333333333e-9 m^3

imperial dash = dash imp

### dash (US)

dash = 308.057599609375e-9 m^3

US dash = dash

### drop (imperial)

 gtt imp = 98.656467013888888888888888e-9 m^3
imperial drop = gtt imp

### drop (medical)

gtt med = 83.333333333333333e-9 m^3

medical drop = gtt med

### drop (metric)

gtt metric = 50.0e-9 m^3

metric drop = gtt metric

### drop (US)

gtt = 82.1486932291666666666666666e-9 m^3

drop = gtt
US drop = gtt

### firkin

firkin = 0.034068706056 m^3

### gallon (beer)

gal beer = 4.621152048e-3 m^3

beer gallon = gal beer

### gallon (imperial)

gal imp = 4.54609e-3 m^3

imperial gallon = gal imp
imperial gal = gal imp

### gallon (US dry)

gal dry = 4.40488377086e-3 m^3

US dry gallon = gal dry

### gallon (US fluid; Wine)

gal = 3.785411784e-3 m^3

gal US = gal
gallon = gal
gallons = gal
US gal = gal
US gallon = gal

### gill (imperial); Noggin

go imp = 142.0653125e-6 m^3

nog = gi imp
imperial gill = gi imp

### gill (US)

go = 118.29411825e-6 m^3
gill US = gi
 gill = gi

### jigger (bartending)

jigger = 44.3602943e-6 m^3

### litre

L = m^3/1000
liter = L
litre = L
liters = L
litres = L

### ounce (fluid imperial)

fl oz imp = 28.4130625e-6 m^3

imperial fluid ounce = fl oz imp

### ounce (fluid US customary)

fl oz = 29.5735295625e-6 m^3
US fl oz = fl oz
US fluid ounce = fl oz
fluid ounce = fl oz
floz = fl oz

### pint (imperial)

pint imp = 568.26125e-6 m^3

imperial pint = pint imp
imp pint = pint imp
imp pints = pint imp
british pint = pint imp
british pints = pint imp

### pint (US dry)

pint US dry = 550.6104713575e-6 m^3

US dry pint = pint US dry

### pint (US fluid)

pint = 473.176473e-6 m^3

US pint = pint
US fluid pint = pint
pints = pint

### quart (imperial)

qt imp = 1.1365225e-3 m^3

imperial quart = qt imp

### quart (US dry)

qt US dry = 1.101220942715e-3 m^3

US dry quart = qt US dry

### quart (US fluid)

 qt = 946.352946e-6 m^3
qt US = qt
US qt = qt
US quart = qt
US fluid quart = qt
fluid quart = qt
quart = qt
quarts = qt

### shot (bartending)

shot = 44.3602943e-6 m^3

### tablespoon (Canadian)

tbsp CA = 14.20653125e-6 m^3

Canadian tablepoon = tbsp CA
CA tablespoon = tbsp CA
CA tbsp = tbsp CA

### tablespoon (imperial)

tbsp imp = 17.7581640625e-6 m^3

imperial tablespoon = tbsp imp
imperial tbsp = tbsp imp

### tablespoon (US customary)

tbsp = 14.7867647825e-6 m^3

tbsp US = tbsp
tablepoon = tbsp
tablespoons = tbsp
US tablespoon = tbsp
US tbsp = tbsp

### teaspoon (Canadian)

tsp CA = 4.73551041666666666666666e-6 m^3

Canadian teaspoon = tsp CA
CA teaspoon = tsp CA
CA tsp = tsp CA

### teaspoon (imperial)

tsp imp = 5.9193880208333333333333333e-6 m^3

imperial teaspoon = tsp imp
imperial tsp = tsp imp

### teaspoon (metric)

tsp metric = 5.0e-6 m^3

metric teaspoon = tsp metric
metric tsp = tsp metric

### teaspoon (US customary)

tsp = 4.928921595e-6 m^3

tsp US = tsp
 teaspoon = tsp
US teaspoon = tsp
US tsp = tsp

### timber foot

timber foot = 0.028316846592 m^3

### ton (displacement)

ton displacement = 0.99108963072 m^3

### ton (freight)

ton freight = 1.13267386368 m^3

### ton (water)

ton water = 1.01832416 m^3

## Plane angle

rad = rad
radian = rad
radians = rad

### arcminute; MOA

arcminute = 2pi/360/60 * rad

arc minute = arcminute
minute of arc = arcminute
arcmin = arcminute
amin = arcminute
MOA = arcminute
′ = arcminute

### arcsecond

arcsecond = arcminute / 60
arc second = arcsecond
second of arc = arcsecond
arcsec = arcsecond
asec = arcsecond
″ = arcsecond

### degree (of arc)

° = 2pi/360 * rad
deg = °
degree = °
degrees = °
degree of arc = °
˚ = °

### grad; gradian; gon

grad = 2pi/400 * rad

 gradian = grad
gon = grad

### octant

octant = 2pi/8 * rad

### quadrant

quadrant = 2pi/4 * rad

### turn

turn = 2pi * rad

turns = turn

## Solid angle

### steradian (SI unit)

sr = sr
steradian = sr

## Mass

kg = kg
kilogram = kg
kilograms = kg

### barge

barge = 20411.65665 kg

### carat

ct = 205.196548333gram/1000
carat = ct

### dram (avoirdupois)

dr = 1.7718451953125gram
dram = dr

### grain

grain = 64.79891 gram / 1000

### gram

g = kg / 1000
gram = g
grams = g
mg = g / 1000
Mg = kg * 1000
### ounce (avoirdupois)

ounce = 28.349523125 gram

ouces = ounce
oz = ounce

### pound

lb = 0.45359237 kg
lbs = lb
pound = lb
pounds = lb

### slug

slug = 14.593903 kg

### stone

stone = 6.35029318 kg

### ton, long

long ton = 1016.0469088 kg

long tn = long ton

### ton, short

ton = 907.18474 kg
short ton = ton
sh tn = ton

## Time

s = s
sec = s
secs = s
second = s
seconds = s

### atomic unit of time

au time = 2.418884254e-17 s

### century

century = 100 year

### day

day = 86400 s
days = day

### decade

decade = 10 year
### fortnight

fortnight = 14 day

### hour

hr = 3600 s
hour = hr
hours = hr

### jiffy

jiffy = s/60

### millennium

millennium = 1000 year

### minute

mins = 60 s
minute = mins
minutes = mins
mn = mins

### moment

moment = 90 s

### month (full)

full month = 30 day

### month (Greg. av.)

mo = year / 12
month = mo
months = mo

### Planck time

Planck time = 5.3910632e-44 s

tP = Planck time

### week

wk = 7day
week = wk
weeks = wk

### year (Gregorian)

yr = 31556952 s
year = yr
years = yr
annum = yr
## Frequency

### beats per minute

bpm = 1 / mins

### hertz (SI unit)

Hz = 1 / s

### revolutions per minute

rpm = (2pi * rad)/(60s)

RPM = rpm

## Speed or velocity

### kilometers per hour

kmh = km / hr
kph = kmh
KPH = kmh

### knot

kn = 1852 m/(3600s)
kt = kn
knot = kn
NMPH = kn

### mach number

mach = 295 m/s

### miles per hour

mph = mi / hr
MPH = mph

## Acceleration

### galileo

galileo = 1e-2 m/s^2

### standard gravity

standard gravity = 9.80665 m/s^2

## Force

N = kg*m/s^2
Newton = N
 newton = N
newtons = N

### atomic unit of force

au force = 8.23872206e-8 N

### dyne (cgs unit)

dyne = 1e-5 N
dyn = dyne

### grave-force

kgf = 9.80665 N
grave force = kgf

### kip; kip-force

kip = 4.4482216152605e3 N
kipf = kip
kip force = kip

### ounce-force

ozf = 0.2780138509537812 N
ounce force = ozf

### pound-force

lbf = 4.4482216152605 N
pound force = lbf

### ton-force

tnf = 8.896443230521e3 N
ton force = tnf

## Pressure or mechanical stress

Pa = N/m^2
pascal = Pa
Pascal = Pa

### atmosphere (technical)

at = 9.80665e4 Pa
atmosphere technical = at

### barye (cgs unit)

barye = 0.1 Pa

### centimetre of mercury

cmHg = 1.33322e3 Pa
### centimetre of water (4 °C)

cmH2O = 98.0638 Pa

### foot of mercury (conventional)

ftHg = 40.63666e3 Pa

### foot of water (39.2 °F)

ftH2O = 2.98898e3 Pa

### inch of mercury (conventional)

inHg = 3.386389e3 Pa

### inch of water (39.2 °F)

inH2O = 249.082 Pa

### kip per square inch

ksi = 6.894757e6 Pa

### pièze (mts unit)

pz = 1e3 Pa
pièze = pz

### pound per square foot

psf = 47.88026 Pa

### pound per square inch

psi = 6.894757e3 Pa

### torr

torr = 101325/760 * Pa => 133.3224 kg/(m*s^2)

## Torque or moment of force

Newton meter = N * m
Newton metre = Newton meter
newton meter = Newton meter
newton metre = Newton meter

### foot-pound force

ft lbf = 1.3558179483314004 N*m

### foot-poundal

ft pdl = 4.21401100938048e-2 N*m

### metre kilogram

 m kg = 0.101971621 N*m

## Energy

J = N * m
Joule = J
joule = J
joules = J

### barrel of oil equivalent

boe = 6.12e9 J

### British thermal unit (International Table)

BTU = 1055.05585262 J

### calorie (thermochemical)

cal = 4.184 J
calorie = cal
cals = cal
calories = cal

### Celsius heat unit (International Table)

CHU = 1.899100534716e3 J

### cubic centimetre of atmosphere; standard cubic centimetre

cc atm = 0.101325 J

### cubic foot of atmosphere; standard cubic foot

cu ft atm = 2.8692044809344e3 J
scf = cu ft atm

### cubic yard of atmosphere; standard cubic yard

cu yd atm = 77.4685209852288e3 J
scy = cu yd atm

### electronvolt

eV = 1.60217733e-19 J
electronvolt = eV
electron volt = eV

### erg (cgs unit)

erg = 1e-7 J

### foot-pound force

ft lbf = 1.3558179483314004 J
### foot-poundal

ft pdl = 4.21401100938048e-2 J

### gallon-atmosphere (imperial)

imp gal atm = 460.63256925 J

### gallon-atmosphere (US)

gal atm = 383.5568490138 J

US gal atm = gal atm

### atomic unit of energy

au energy = 4.359744e-18 J

### kilowatt-hour; Board of Trade Unit

kWh = 3.6e6 J
kilowatt hour = kWh
BOTU = kWh

### atmosphere

l atm = 101.325 J
atmosphere = l atm
sl = l atm

### quad

quad = 1.05505585262e18 J

### therm (US)

therm = 105.4804e6 J

### thermie

th = 4.1868e6 J
thermie = th

### ton of coal equivalent

TCE = 29.288e9 J

### ton of oil equivalent

TOE = 41.84e9 J

### TNT

TNT = 4.184e9 J
tnt = TNT

## Power or heat flow rate

 W = J / s
Watt = W
Watts = W
watt = W
watts = W

### horsepower (boiler)

bhp = 9.810657e3 W

### horsepower (imperial mechanical)

hp = 745.69987158227022 W
HP = hp
horsepower = hp

### lusec

lusec = 1.333e-4 W

### square foot equivalent direct radiation

sq ft EDR = 70.337057 W

## Action

### atomic unit of action

au action = 1.05457168e-34 J*s

## Dynamic viscosity

### poise (cgs unit)

poise = 0.1 Pa*s

## Electric current

A = A
Ampere = A
ampere = A
amp = A
amps = A

## Electric charge

C = A * s
coulomb = C
charge = C
Coulomb = C
### atomic unit of charge

au charge = 1.602176462e-19 C

### faraday

faraday = 96485.3383 C

## Electric dipole

### atomic unit of electric dipole moment

ea0 = 8.47835281e-30 C*m

### debye

debye = 3.33564095e-30 C*m

## Electromotive force, electric potential difference

V = W / A
Volt = V
volt = V
Volts = V
volts = V

## Electrical resistance

### ohm (SI unit)

Ω = A^-1 * V
Ohm = Ω
ohm = Ohm

## Capacitance

F = (A * s) / V
farad = F

## Magnetic flux

Wb = V*s
Weber = Wb
weber = Wb

### maxwell (CGS unit)

 Mx = 1e-8 Wb
Maxwell = Mx
maxwell = Mx

## Magnetic flux density

T = Wb / m^2
Tesla = T
tesla = T

### gauss (CGS unit)

gauss = 1e-4 T

## Inductance

H = Wb / A
Henry = H
henry = H

## Temperature

K = K
Kelvin = K
kelvin = K

## Information entropy

bit = bit
bits = bit

### BAUD

BAUD = bit/s
baud = BAUD

### shannon

Sh = 9.56994016e-24 J/K

### nibble

nibble = 4b

### byte

B = 8bit
byte = B
bytes = B

### kilobyte (kibibyte)

 KB = 1024 B
KiB = KB

### megabyte (mebibyte)

MiB = 1024KiB

### gigabyte (gibibyte)

GiB = 1024MiB

### terabyte (tebibyte)

TiB = 1024GiB

## Luminous intensity

### candela (SI base unit); candle

cd = cd
candela = cd
candle = cd

## Luminance

### footlambert

fL = 3.4262590996 cd/m^2
footlambert = fL

### lambert

lambert = 3183.0988618 cd/m^2

Lambert = lambert

### nit

nit = cd / m^2
nits = nit

## Luminous flux

lm = cd * sr
lumen = lm

## Illuminance

lx = lm / m^2
lux = lx

### footcandle; lumen per square foot

 fc = 10.763910417 lx
footcandle = fc

## Radiation - source activity

Number of disintegrations per second.

Bq = 1/s
becquerel = Bq

### curie

Ci = 3.7e10 Bq
curie = 3.7e10 Bq

### rutherford (H)

rd = 1e6 Bq
rutherford = rd

## Radiation - exposure

### roentgen

R = 2.58e-4 coulomb/kg
Roentgen = R
roentgen = R

## Radiation - absorbed dose

Gy = J / kg
gray = Gy

## Radiation - equivalent dose

Sv = 1 J/kg
sievert = Sv

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