Link (unit)

Physical unit
Unit name	link
Unit symbol	${\ displaystyle \ mathrm {li}}$
Physical quantity (s)	length
Formula symbol	${\ displaystyle {\ mathsf {l}}}$
dimension	${\ displaystyle {\ mathsf {L}}}$
system	Anglo-American system of measurement
In SI units	${\ displaystyle \ mathrm {1 \, li = 0 {,} 201 \, 168 \; m}}$
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

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