Convert meter to chain (US survey)
meter
Definition: A meter, or metre (symbol: m), is the base unit of length and distance in the International System of Units (SI). The meter is defined as the distance traveled by light in 1/299 792 458 of a second. This definition was slightly modified in 2019 to reflect changes in the definition of the second.
History/origin: Originally, in 1793, the meter was defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole. This changed in 1889, when the International prototype metre was established as the length of a prototype meter bar (made of an alloy of 90% platinum and 10% iridium) measured at the melting point of ice. In 1960, the meter was again redefined, this time in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86. The current definition of the meter is effectively the same as the definition that was adopted in 1983, with slight modifications due to the change in definition of the second.
Current use: Being the SI unit of length, the meter is used worldwide in many applications such as measuring distance, height, length, width, etc. The United States is one notable exception in that it largely uses US customary units such as yards, inches, feet, and miles instead of meters in everyday use.
chain (US survey)
Definition: Chain (US survey) is a measure of length or distance. For conversion purposes, its value is 20.1168402337 times the reference unit, meter.
meter to chain (US survey) Conversion Table
| meter [m] | chain (US survey) [ch] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 meter | 0.000497 chain (US survey) |
| 0.10 meter | 0.004971 chain (US survey) |
| 1 meter | 0.0497 chain (US survey) |
| 2 meter | 0.0994 chain (US survey) |
| 3 meter | 0.1491 chain (US survey) |
| 5 meter | 0.2485 chain (US survey) |
| 10 meter | 0.4971 chain (US survey) |
| 20 meter | 0.9942 chain (US survey) |
| 50 meter | 2.49 chain (US survey) |
| 100 meter | 4.97 chain (US survey) |
| 1000 meter | 49.71 chain (US survey) |
How to Convert meter to chain (US survey)
1 meter = 0.049710 chain (US survey)
1 chain (US survey) = 20.12 meter
Example
Convert 15 meter to chain (US survey):
15 meter = 15 × 0.049710 chain (US survey) = 0.745644 chain (US survey)
