Length[]
| Unit | Conversion(s) | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Slit | 1⁄144 in, 176.38 μm | |
| Dex | 1⁄16 in, 1.5875 mm | from combining form of dec and sex, Latin for "ten" and "six" that adding those numbers together yield sixteen |
| Tald | 5.5 ft, 66 in, 1.6764 m | based from the average adult human height; from taldra, Welsh for "stature" |
| String | 12 ft, 144 in, 3.6576 m | room length |
| Base | 90 ft, 27.432 m | from distance between the bases on baseball field |
| Domadom | 360 ft, 109.173 m | from domum ad domum, Latin for "home to home"; from distance covered when circling bases on baseball diamond, going home to home |
| Voyage | 2621.785 mi, 4.219354 Mm | |
| Nanoparsec | 4.843 R⊕, 30.8568 Mm | |
| Geosync | 22,236 mi, 35.786 Mm | from geosynchronous orbit, distance from Earth where it takes the same time to orbit the Earth as the complete rotation of the Earth |
| Microparsec | 0.206265 AU, 30.8568 Gm | |
| Pardeg | 1⁄3600 pc, 57.3 AU, 8.572 Tm | corresponds to a shift of one degree of parallax |
| Milliparsec | 206.265 AU, 30.8568 Tm | |
| Parmin | 1⁄60 pc, 514.32 Tm | corresponds to a shift of one arcminute of parallax |
| Partierce | 60 pc, 195.694 ly | corresponds to a shift of one arctierce (1⁄60 arcsec) of parallax; also known as parthird |
| Parquat | 3600 pc, 11741.6 ly | corresponds to a shift of one arcquat (1⁄3600 arcsec) of parallax; also known as parfourth |
| Milkyway | 30675 pc, 100000 ly | from the width of the Milky Way Galaxy |
Time[]
| Unit | Conversion(s) | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Quatreme | 1⁄3600 s | from quatrième, French for fourth; more commonly known as fourth |
| Tierce | 1⁄60 s | from tiers, French for third; more commonly known as third |
| Instant | 0.6 s | |
| Miggit | 2 min, 120 s | |
| Cant | 4 min, 240 s | based from the average duration of a song; unit comes from cantus, Latin for song |
| Dix | 6 min, 1⁄10 h, 360 s | shorten form of dixième, French for tenth |
| Mubla | 50 min, 3 ks | 'album' spelled backwards based from the average duration of an album |
| Elit | 110 min, 6.6 ks | based from the median duration of a movie; unit is Latin for movie |
| Session | 250 min, 4.16 h, 15 ks | based from the average duration of a clinical session |
| Sweck | 6 hr, 21.6 ks | from swéḱs, Proto-Indo-European word for six |
| Hute | 8 hr, 28.8 ks | from huit, French for eight |
| Duse | 12 hr, 43.2 ks | from douze, French for twelve |
| Sessent | 60 hr, 216 ks | from sesenta, Spanish for sixty |
| Tressent | 360 hr, 15 d, 1.296 Ms | from trescientos sesenta, Spanish for three sixty; based from the analogy of 360 degrees in a circle with degrees being analogous to hours |
| Sescade | 3600 hr, 150 d, 12.96 Ms | from sesenta cuadrados, Spanish for sixty square |
| Viguin | 25 yr, 788.9 Ms | from viginti quinque, Latin for twenty-five |
| Lifetime | 70 yr, 25567.5 Gs | informally adopted in unspecific conversion; based from the average human lifespan around the world |
Velocity[]
- Attocee: 9.4611 mm/y, 0.37247 in/y
- Femtocee: 9.4611 m/y, 31.0392 f/y
- Picocee: 25.903 m/d, 84.981 f/d
- Nanocee: 1.07925 kph, 0.67062 mph
- Microcee: 1079.253 kph, 670.617 mph
- Astronomical unit per year: 4.756 km/s, 2.955 mi/s
- Millicee: 299.793 km/s, 186.282 mi/s
- Centicee: 2997.93 km/s, 1862.82 mi/s
- Decicee: 29979.3 km/s, 18628.2 mi/s
Mass[]
- Waze: 140 lbs, 63.5 kg; based from the average adult human weight; from wazn, Arabic for weight
- Load: 30000 lbs, 13608 kg, 15 ton; based roughly from the average weight of a loaded truck or amount of load on a semi-truck
- Xentagram: 0.1674 M⊕
- Wekagram: 0.5267 MJ
- Vundagram: 0.5027 M☉
Volume[]
- Bucket: 3.5 gallons, 13.25 L; the standard size of a bucket
- Pony keg: 7.75 gallons, 29.33 L; the size of a pony keg
- Keg: 15.5 gallons, 58.67 L, 2 pony kegs; the size of a standard beer keg
- Sink: 20 gallons, 75.71 L; roughly the container size of a kitchen sink
- Tub: 80 gallons, 302.83 L, 4 sinks; from the typical liquid capacity of a tub
- Tank: 275 gallons, 1041 L, 3.4375 tubs; from the most common size of an oil tank
- Pool: 16000 gallons, 60567 L, 200 tubs; from the rough average size of a swimming pool
Area[]
| Unit | Conversion(s) | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Mole | 3.14 mm2, 1.247 dx2, 0.00487 in2 | from the area of a 2-mm diameter skin mole |
| Mat | 4 ft2, 0.372 m2 | from about the standard size of a doormat |
| Table | 20 ft2, 1.858 m2 | from the approximate area of a typical six-seat dining table |
| Room | 144 ft2, 13.378 m2 | from the area of a typical bedroom |
| Garage | 576 ft2, 53.512 m2, 4 rooms |
from the average area of a 2 car garage |
| Home | 2304 ft2, 214.05 m2, 16 rooms |
from the rough average area of modern homes; also known as house |
| Court | 4700 ft2, 436.644 m2, 2.04 homes | from the area of NBA basketball court |
| Diamond | 8100 ft2, 752.515 m2, 3.52 homes | from the area within the diamond on a baseball field |
| Arena | 20000 ft2, 1858.06 m2, 1000 tables | from the area of a typical competition arena |
| Park | 217800 ft2, 20234 m2, 5 acres | from the average size of a park |
| Farm | 1.936 × 107 ft2, 1.7986 × 106 m2, 444.4 acres |
from the approximate average area of a farm; also known as field |
| Globe | 1.969 × 108 mi2, 5.101 × 108 km2, 1.26 × 1011 acres |
total surface area of Earth |
