The pica is a typographic unit of measure corresponding to approximately 1/6 of an inch, or 1/72 of a foot. One pica is further divided into 12 points.
To date, in printing three pica measures are used:
A metric foot (defined as 300 mm, or about 11.8 inches) has been used occasionally in the UK but has never been an official unit. The sizes of the studios at BBC Television Centre in London, which opened in 1960 ..more definition+
In relation to the base unit of [length] => (meters), 1 Picas (p) is equal to 0.00423333333 meters, while 1 Metric Foot (mf) = 0.3 meters.1 Picas | to common length units |
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1 p | = 0.00423333333 meters (m) |
1 p | = 4.23333333E-6 kilometers (km) |
1 p | = 0.423333333 centimeters (cm) |
1 p | = 0.013888888877953 feet (ft) |
1 p | = 0.16666666653543 inches (in) |
1 p | = 0.0046296296259843 yards (yd) |
1 p | = 2.6304713784001E-6 miles (mi) |
1 p | = 4.4745093859E-19 light years (ly) |
1 p | = 16.00000200315 pixels (PX) |
1 p | = 2.64583333125E+32 planck length (pl) |
Picas | to Metric Foot (table conversion) |
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1 p | = 0.0141111111 mf |
2 p | = 0.0282222222 mf |
3 p | = 0.0423333333 mf |
4 p | = 0.0564444444 mf |
5 p | = 0.0705555555 mf |
6 p | = 0.0846666666 mf |
7 p | = 0.0987777777 mf |
8 p | = 0.1128888888 mf |
9 p | = 0.1269999999 mf |
10 p | = 0.141111111 mf |
20 p | = 0.282222222 mf |
30 p | = 0.423333333 mf |
40 p | = 0.564444444 mf |
50 p | = 0.705555555 mf |
60 p | = 0.846666666 mf |
70 p | = 0.987777777 mf |
80 p | = 1.128888888 mf |
90 p | = 1.269999999 mf |
100 p | = 1.41111111 mf |
200 p | = 2.82222222 mf |
300 p | = 4.23333333 mf |
400 p | = 5.64444444 mf |
500 p | = 7.05555555 mf |
600 p | = 8.46666666 mf |
700 p | = 9.87777777 mf |
800 p | = 11.28888888 mf |
900 p | = 12.69999999 mf |
1000 p | = 14.1111111 mf |
2000 p | = 28.2222222 mf |
4000 p | = 56.4444444 mf |
5000 p | = 70.5555555 mf |
7500 p | = 105.83333325 mf |
10000 p | = 141.111111 mf |
25000 p | = 352.7777775 mf |
50000 p | = 705.555555 mf |
100000 p | = 1411.11111 mf |
1000000 p | = 14111.1111 mf |
1000000000 p | = 14111111.1 mf |