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Kilometer (km) — SI unit of length equal to 1,000 meters
Used worldwide for road distances, mapping, and athletics. In the metric system it scales cleanly with meters and centimeters for everyday to large-scale measurements.
- Symbol: km
- System: SI derived unit
- Exact relations: 1 km = 1,000 m = 10⁵ cm = 10⁶ mm
- Imperial/US equivalents: 1 km ≈ 0.621371 mi ≈ 3,280.8399 ft ≈ 1,093.6133 yd
- Typical examples: intercity travel; 5 km and 10 km races
Nautical mile (nmi) — unit for marine and air navigation defined exactly as 1,852 meters
Closely tied to Earth’s geometry; one minute of latitude is approximately one nautical mile. Speeds at sea and in air use knots.
- Symbols: nmi, NM
- Systems: Maritime/Aviation
- Exact relations: 1 nmi = 1,852 m = 1.852 km (exact)
- Imperial/US equivalents: 1 nmi ≈ 1.15078 mi ≈ 6,076.11549 ft
- Typical examples: charted distances; 1 knot = 1 nmi/h