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Enum: LengthUnitEnum

Units of length/distance measurement

URI: valuesets:LengthUnitEnum

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
METER UO:0000008 Meter (SI base unit)
KILOMETER UO:0010066 Kilometer (1000 meters)
CENTIMETER UO:0000015 Centimeter (0
MILLIMETER UO:0000016 Millimeter (0
MICROMETER UO:0000017 Micrometer/micron (10^-6 meter)
NANOMETER UO:0000018 Nanometer (10^-9 meter)
ANGSTROM UO:0000019 Angstrom (10^-10 meter)
INCH UO:0010011 Inch (imperial)
FOOT UO:0010013 Foot (imperial)
YARD UO:0010014 Yard (imperial)
MILE UO:0010017 Mile (imperial)
NAUTICAL_MILE UO:0010022 Nautical mile

Slots

Name Description
length_unit Units of length/distance measurement

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: LengthUnitEnum
description: Units of length/distance measurement
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  METER:
    text: METER
    description: Meter (SI base unit)
    meaning: UO:0000008
    annotations:
      symbol:
        tag: symbol
        value: m
      system:
        tag: system
        value: SI
    title: meter
  KILOMETER:
    text: KILOMETER
    description: Kilometer (1000 meters)
    meaning: UO:0010066
    annotations:
      symbol:
        tag: symbol
        value: km
      conversion_to_meter:
        tag: conversion_to_meter
        value: '1000'
    title: kilometer
  CENTIMETER:
    text: CENTIMETER
    description: Centimeter (0.01 meter)
    meaning: UO:0000015
    annotations:
      symbol:
        tag: symbol
        value: cm
      conversion_to_meter:
        tag: conversion_to_meter
        value: '0.01'
  MILLIMETER:
    text: MILLIMETER
    description: Millimeter (0.001 meter)
    meaning: UO:0000016
    annotations:
      symbol:
        tag: symbol
        value: mm
      conversion_to_meter:
        tag: conversion_to_meter
        value: '0.001'
  MICROMETER:
    text: MICROMETER
    description: Micrometer/micron (10^-6 meter)
    meaning: UO:0000017
    annotations:
      symbol:
        tag: symbol
        value: μm
      conversion_to_meter:
        tag: conversion_to_meter
        value: 1e-6
  NANOMETER:
    text: NANOMETER
    description: Nanometer (10^-9 meter)
    meaning: UO:0000018
    annotations:
      symbol:
        tag: symbol
        value: nm
      conversion_to_meter:
        tag: conversion_to_meter
        value: 1e-9
  ANGSTROM:
    text: ANGSTROM
    description: Angstrom (10^-10 meter)
    meaning: UO:0000019
    annotations:
      symbol:
        tag: symbol
        value: Å
      conversion_to_meter:
        tag: conversion_to_meter
        value: 1e-10
  INCH:
    text: INCH
    description: Inch (imperial)
    meaning: UO:0010011
    annotations:
      symbol:
        tag: symbol
        value: in
      conversion_to_meter:
        tag: conversion_to_meter
        value: '0.0254'
      system:
        tag: system
        value: imperial
    title: inch
  FOOT:
    text: FOOT
    description: Foot (imperial)
    meaning: UO:0010013
    annotations:
      symbol:
        tag: symbol
        value: ft
      conversion_to_meter:
        tag: conversion_to_meter
        value: '0.3048'
      system:
        tag: system
        value: imperial
    title: foot
  YARD:
    text: YARD
    description: Yard (imperial)
    meaning: UO:0010014
    annotations:
      symbol:
        tag: symbol
        value: yd
      conversion_to_meter:
        tag: conversion_to_meter
        value: '0.9144'
      system:
        tag: system
        value: imperial
    title: yard
  MILE:
    text: MILE
    description: Mile (imperial)
    meaning: UO:0010017
    annotations:
      symbol:
        tag: symbol
        value: mi
      conversion_to_meter:
        tag: conversion_to_meter
        value: '1609.344'
      system:
        tag: system
        value: imperial
    title: mile
  NAUTICAL_MILE:
    text: NAUTICAL_MILE
    description: Nautical mile
    meaning: UO:0010022
    annotations:
      symbol:
        tag: symbol
        value: nmi
      conversion_to_meter:
        tag: conversion_to_meter
        value: '1852'
    title: nautical mile