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Encyclopedia entry: conversions
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conversions
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Avoirdupois
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Work, heat
| Length
| 1 inch (in)
| = 2.54 centimetres (cm)
| | = 25.4 millimetres (mm)
| 1 foot (ft)
| = 0.3048 metre (m)
| 1 yard (yd)
| = 0.9144 metre
| 1 mile (mi)
| = 1.6093 kilometres (km)
| 1 centimetre
| = 0.3937 inch
| 1 metre
| = 3.2808 feet = 1.0936 yards
| 1 kilometre
| = 0.6214 mile
| Area
| 1 square inch
| = 6.4516 square centimetres
| 1 square foot
| = 0.0929 square metre
| 1 acre
| = 0.4047 hectare
| 1 sq mile
| = 2.5899 square kilometres
| 1 square centimetre
| = 0.155 square inch
| 1 square metre
| = 10.7639 square feet
| 1 hectare
| = 2.471 acres
| 1 square kilometre
| = 0.3861 square mile
| Volume
| 1 cubic inch
| = 16.3871 cubic centimetres
| 1 cubic foot
| = 0.0283 cubic metre
| 1 cubic yard
| = 0.7646 cubic metre
| 1 cubic centimetre
| = 0.061 cubic inch
| 1 cubic metre
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