Inch

• inch

  A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot.

• em

  A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.

• ligne

  A linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons.

• mesh

  The number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles; "a 100 mesh...

• mil

  A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets...

Mi

• mi

  A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters.

• furlong

  A unit of length equal to 220 yards.

• half mile

  A unit of length equal to half of 1 mile.

• quarter mile

  A unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile.

Chain

• chain

  A unit of length.

• pace

  A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the...

• link

  A unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain.

Combining Form

• miler

  (used only in combinations) the length of something in miles; "the race was a 30-miler".

• footer

  (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet; "he is a six-footer";...

• yarder

  (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards; "the golfer hit a...

Em

• point

  A linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch.

• nut

  Half the width of an em.

Also contains

• metric linear unit

  A linear unit of distance in metric terms.

• astronomy unit

  A linear unit used for astronomical distances.

• nautical linear unit

  A linear unit of distance used in navigation.

• mile

  An ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards.

• mile

  A Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km.

• foot

  A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall".

• rod

  A linear measure of 16.5 feet.

• lea

  A unit of length of thread or yarn.

• fathom

  A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth.

• league

  An obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles).

• handbreadth

  Any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand.

• archine

  A Russian unit of length (71 cm).

• nail

  A former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard.

• vara

  A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.

• kos

  (in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities.

• cable

  A nautical unit of depth.

• verst

  A Russian unit of length (1.067 km).

• cubit

  An ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm.

• fistmele

  About seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in...

• finger

  The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure.

• body length

  The length of your body.

• head

  The length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than...

• li

  Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers.

• geometric pace

  A modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet.

• Roman pace

  An ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the...

• palm

  A linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand.

• military pace

  The length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36...

• survey mile

  A U.S. unit of measure equal to 1609.347 meters; derived from the use of 39.37 inches...

• span

  A unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches).

• cicero

  A linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em.

• long measure

  A measure of length.