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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
Pole (also rod or perch) - traditional surveying length
Pole is a historical Imperial/US surveying unit equal to 16.5 feet. Used in land measurement, parcel descriptions, and traditional fencing
- Symbols: rd (rod), p (perch); no standard symbol for “pole”
- System: Imperial/US customary (historic surveying)
- Exact relations: 1 pole = 16.5 ft = 5.5 yd = 1/4 chain = 25 links = 1/320 mi
- Metric equivalents: 1 pole = 5.0292 m (exact)
- Typical examples: fence runs; plot dimensions in old deeds (e.g., “4 poles 3 links”)