Barleycorn Conversions

The barleycorn is one third of an inch (about 8.47 mm). It's still the basis of UK and US shoe sizes, where one size step is one barleycorn.

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1 barleycorn = 0.008466666667 m

Convert barleycorns to other units

Each line shows how much 1 barleycorn (barleycorn) equals. Select a conversion for a calculator, formula and table.

Metric (SI)

Barleycorn to Meter0.00846667 m
Barleycorn to Kilometer0.00000846667 km
Barleycorn to Hectometer0.0000846667 hm
Barleycorn to Dekameter0.000846667 dam
Barleycorn to Decimeter0.0846667 dm
Barleycorn to Centimeter0.846667 cm
Barleycorn to Millimeter8.46667 mm
Barleycorn to Micrometer8,466.67 µm
Barleycorn to Micron8,466.67 µ
Barleycorn to Nanometer8,466,670 nm
Barleycorn to Angstrom84,666,700 Å
Barleycorn to Picometer8,466,670,000 pm
Barleycorn to Femtometer8,466,670,000,000 fm
Barleycorn to Fermi8,466,670,000,000 fm
Barleycorn to Attometer8.46667 × 10¹⁵ am
Barleycorn to Megameter8.46667 × 10⁻⁹ Mm
Barleycorn to Gigameter8.46667 × 10⁻¹² Gm
Barleycorn to Terameter8.46667 × 10⁻¹⁵ Tm
Barleycorn to Petameter8.46667 × 10⁻¹⁸ Pm
Barleycorn to Exameter8.46667 × 10⁻²¹ Em

Imperial & US customary

Barleycorn to Inch0.333333 in
Barleycorn to Foot0.0277778 ft
Barleycorn to Yard0.00925926 yd
Barleycorn to Mile0.00000526094 mi
Barleycorn to Kiloyard0.00000925926 kyd
Barleycorn to Furlong0.0000420875 fur
Barleycorn to Chain0.000420875 ch
Barleycorn to Rope0.00138889 rope
Barleycorn to Rod0.0016835 rd
Barleycorn to Perch0.0016835 perch
Barleycorn to Pole0.0016835 pole
Barleycorn to Fathom0.00462963 ftm
Barleycorn to Link0.0420875 li
Barleycorn to Hand0.0833333 h
Barleycorn to Mil333.333 mil
Barleycorn to Microinch333,333 µin

US survey units

Barleycorn to Foot (US Survey)0.0277777 ft (US)
Barleycorn to Inch (US Survey)0.333333 in (US)
Barleycorn to Mile (US Survey)0.00000526093 mi (US)
Barleycorn to Mile (Statute)0.00000526093 mi
Barleycorn to League (Statute)0.00000175364 lea
Barleycorn to Furlong (US Survey)0.0000420875 fur (US)
Barleycorn to Chain (US Survey)0.000420875 ch (US)
Barleycorn to Rod (US Survey)0.0016835 rd (US)
Barleycorn to Link (US Survey)0.0420875 li (US)
Barleycorn to Fathom (US Survey)0.00462962 ftm (US)

Nautical

Barleycorn to Nautical Mile (international)0.00000457163 NM
Barleycorn to Nautical Mile (UK)0.00000456871 NM (UK)
Barleycorn to Nautical League (int.)0.00000152388 NL
Barleycorn to Nautical League (UK)0.0000015229 NL (UK)

Astronomical

Barleycorn to Astronomical Unit5.65962 × 10⁻¹⁴ au
Barleycorn to Light Year8.94927 × 10⁻¹⁹ ly
Barleycorn to Parsec2.74386 × 10⁻¹⁹ pc
Barleycorn to Kiloparsec2.74386 × 10⁻²² kpc
Barleycorn to Megaparsec2.74386 × 10⁻²⁵ Mpc

Atomic & physics

Barleycorn to A.u. of Length159,997,000 a₀
Barleycorn to X-unit84,490,900,000 xu

Historical & cloth

Barleycorn to Ell0.00740741 ell
Barleycorn to Cubit (UK)0.0185185 cubit
Barleycorn to Span (cloth)0.037037 span
Barleycorn to Finger (cloth)0.0740741 finger
Barleycorn to Nail (cloth)0.148148 nail
Barleycorn to League0.00000175365 lea
Barleycorn to Arpent0.000144676 arpent
Barleycorn to Mile (Roman)0.00000572148 m.p.

Typography

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