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Unit Converter

Length, mass, volume, area, speed, and data units.

Free to use, no sign-up required. Unit Converter is one of 198 tools built into Xenition, alongside a chat that can use them for you.

One converter for six everyday categories: length, mass, volume, area, speed and data. It suits a quick one-off conversion; each category also has its own converter with more units.

How to use Unit Converter

  1. Pick a category: Length, Mass, Volume, Area, Speed or Data.
  2. Type the value in the left box.
  3. Choose the unit you have on the left and the unit you want on the right.
  4. Read the result in the highlighted box, shown to up to six decimals.

How it works

Each category is a table of factors against one base unit (metre, gram, litre, square metre, metre per second, byte). The value is multiplied by the source factor and divided by the target factor. Some factors are rounded, for example 1 lb = 453.592 g; ton means the metric tonne; gal and cup are US measures; Data uses 1 KB = 1,024 bytes.

Example

In Length, 5 mi converts to 8.04672 km. In Mass, 10 lb is 4.53592 kg.

Questions about Unit Converter

Why is weight listed as mass?

Kilograms and pounds measure mass, the amount of matter. Weight is strictly the force gravity exerts on that mass, but in everyday use the two words mean the same thing.

Which gallon is gal?

The US gallon, 3.78541 litres. The UK gallon is 4.54609 litres; the dedicated volume converter lists both.

What it takes

Use it from chat

You do not have to open Unit Converter to use it. Ask Xenition in plain language and it runs the right tool, then carries the answer into whatever you are working on — a document, a spreadsheet, a deck.

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