Link (unit)

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Physical unit
Unit name link
Unit symbol
Physical quantity (s) length
Formula symbol
dimension
system Anglo-American system of measurement
In SI units
Named after english link , "chain link"

link is a non- SI-compliant unit of length from the Anglo-American measurement system . The English name "link" stands for "chain link".

definition

1 link = 0.22 yards = 0.66 feet = 7.92 inches = 0.201168 m = 20.1168 cm

1 statute mile = 8 furlong = 80 chain = 320 rod = 8000 link

literature

  • Erna Padelt, Hansgeorg Laporte: Units and magnitudes of the natural sciences. Fachbuchverlag Leipzig, Leipzig 1967, pp. 119, 200.