A span is the distance measured by a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger. In ancient times, a span was considered to be half a cubit. Sometimes the distinction is made between the great span (thumb to little finger) and little span (index finger to little finger).
Symbol/abbreviation: span
Unit of: LENGTH
LENGTH's base unit: meters (SI Unit)
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In relation to the base unit (meters), 1 Spans = 0.2286 meters.
Conversion table 1 Spans (span) to all length units | ||
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| 1 span | = 125.9999999997 agate [typography] (agate) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.38499237088609 alens (aln) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2286000000 angstroms (Å) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 1.5280966161506E-12 astronomical unit (au) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E+17 attometers (am) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 27 barleycorns (bcorn) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 228600000000 bicrons (μμ) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.0028409090909091 blocks (bl) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 4319915642.5922 bohr radius (Bohr) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.0012335526315789 cable length uk (cbl[UK]) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.0010416666666667 cable length us (cbl[US]) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 900 calibers (cal) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 900 centiinch (cin) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 22.86 centimeters (cm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.011363636363636 chains (ch) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.5 cubits (cbt) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.02286 decameters (dam) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286 decimeters (dm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 608.02364276795 didot points (didot point) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 12 digits (digit) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 5.715E-9 earth circumference (Ec) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 5.9468993397537E-10 earth to moon distance (EM d) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.2 ells (eel) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 54.202500542025 ems (EM) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E-19 exameters (Em) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.125 fathoms (fath) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.75 feet (ft) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E+14 femtometers (fm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E+14 fermi (fermi) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2 finger cloth (finer) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 10.285714285714 fingerbreadth (fb) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.72779369627507 fods (fod) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.0025 football field length [US] (fbf[US]) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.0011363636363636 furlongs (fur) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E-10 gigameters (Gm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.0074220779220779 greek plethron (pleth) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.0012356756756757 greek stadion (std) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.25 hands (h) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.002286 hectometers (hm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 22860 himetrics (hiMetric) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.09525 horse length (hl) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.12053885995675 hvats (hvat) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 9 inches (in) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.0002286 kilometers (km) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 7.4076474400518E-21 kiloparsecs (kpc) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 8.8262548262548E-15 light days (ld) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.1186283595922E-13 light hours (lh) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 1.2707059477487E-11 light minutes (lmin) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.9417063440999E-16 light months (lm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 7.625083388926E-10 light seconds (ls) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.4162350702886E-17 light years (ly) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 108.85714285714 lines (l) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 1.1363613636353 links (li) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 5.9468993397537E-10 lunar distance (LD) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E-7 megameters (Mm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.2286 meters (m) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.762 metric foot (mf) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 9000000 microinches (μin) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 228600 micrometers (μm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 228600000000 micromicrons (μμm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.00014204545454545 miles (mi) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 228.6 millimeters (mm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 9000 mils (mil) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E-5 myriameters (Mym) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 4 nails cloth (nail) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 228600000 nanometers (nm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 4.1144708423326E-5 nautical leagues (Nl) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.00012343412526998 nautical miles (NM) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.3 paces (pace) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 3 palms (palm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 7.4084214556698E-18 parsecs (pc) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.045454545454545 perch (perch) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E-16 petameters (Pm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 54.00000004252 picas (p) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 228600000000 picometers (pm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 864.00010885041 pixels (PX) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 1.42875E+34 planck length (pl) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 647.99959181128 points (pt) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.045454545454545 poles (pole) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 5.1428571428571 rack unit (ru) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 54.00000680315 rems (rem) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.045454545454545 rods (rd) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.0064394366197183 roman actus (actus) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.0375 ropes (rope) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E-5 scandinavian miles (mil[Scandinavian]) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 1.5280748663102E-18 siriometer (sir) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 1 spans (span) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E-13 terameters (Tm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 9000 thou (th) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 12959.918362719 twips (twip) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.26397228637413 varas [Argentina] (vr[Argentina]) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.27272672610248 varas [California] (vr[California]) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.26458333333333 varas [Latin America] (vr[Latin]) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.27278585236629 varas [Mexico] (vr[Mexico]) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.27347768871875 varas [Spanish] (vr[Spanish]) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.26999893701206 varas [Texas] (vr[Texas]) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.00021428571428571 versts (vst) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2281428018251.4 x unit (xu) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 0.25 yards (yd) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E+23 yoctometers (ym) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E-25 yottameters (Ym) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E+20 zeptometers (zm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 2.286E-22 zettameters (Zm) | ⇛ |
| 1 span | = 9 zolls (zoll) | ⇛ |