Convert light-nanoseconds to centimeters

Explanation

From this page you can convert light-nanoseconds to centimeters (or lns to cm) simply, by using the application above.

In case you are wondering, to convert from light-nanoseconds to centimeters you need to multiply by 29.9792. This factor is calculated using the respective definitions of the two units you can find below.

Formula

1 lns≈29.9792 cm

light-nanosecondslns

dimension	length
symbol	lns

The light-nanosecond (lns) is a unit of length.

The unit was popularized by the mathematician and computer scientist Grace Hopper. She distributed pieces of plastic coated wire roughly 30 centimeters long to visually show why satellite communications were "slow" and later how smaller computer would be faster (at the time, powerfull computers were the size of a room).

Definition of the light-nanosecond

A light-nanosecond is the distance that light travels in vacuum in one nanosecond.

Value in terms of the SI

One light-nanosecond is equivalent to 299.792458 millimeters.

Equivalences

One light-nanosecond is also approximately equivalent to:

Other Light Lengths

light-nanosecond	lns	0.000 000 001
light-microsecond	lµs	0.000 001
light-millisecond	lms	0.001
light-second	ls	1
light-minute	lmin	60
light-hour	lh	3600
light-day	ld	86 400
light-year	ly	31 557 600
kilolight-year	kly	31 557 600 000
megalight-year	Mly	31 557 600 000 000
gigalight-year	Gly	31 557 600 000 000 000

centimeterscm

dimension	length
system	International system of units (SI)
symbol	cm

The centimeter (cm) is a unit of length in the International System of Units.

It is a practical unit for everyday measurements that is superseded by the millimeter in technical environments.

In ascending order, the centimeter comes after the millimeter and before the decimeter.

Definition of the centimeter

One centimeter is equal to 0.01 meters.

Equivalences

One centimeter is equivalent to:

Prefix

centi

10^-2

The prefix centi- comes from the Latin centum meaning a hundred. The associated multiplicative factor is 0.01 or 10^-2.

Metric length units

femtometer	fm	0.000 000 000 000 001
picometer	pm	0.000 000 000 001
nanometer	nm	0.000 000 001
micrometer	µm	0.000 001
millimeter	mm	0.001
centimeter	cm	0.01
decimeter	dm	0.1
meter	m	1
dekameter	dam	10
hectometer	hm	100
kilometer	km	1000
megameter	Mm	1 000 000
gigameter	Gm	1 000 000 000
terameter	Tm	1 000 000 000 000
petameter	Pm	1 000 000 000 000 000
exameter	Em	1 000 000 000 000 000 000

The International System of Units

The International System of Units or SI (from the French Système international (d'unité)), also called metric system in the U.S., is a coherent system of units that was published 1960. It is official in nearly every country.

The General Conference on Weights and Measures (Conférence générale des poids et mesures) is tasked with overseeing the SI.