Fathom
type: Unit
description: A fathom = 1.8288 meters, is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems, used especially for measuring the depth of water. There are two yards in an imperial or U.S. fathom. Originally based on the distance between the man's outstretched arms, the size of a fathom has varied slightly depending on whether it was defined as a thousandth of an (Admiralty) nautical mile or as a multiple of the imperial yard. Abbreviations: f, fath, fm, fth, fthm.
applicable system: IMPERIAL
applicable system: USCS
conversion multiplier: 1.8288
conversion multiplier SN: 1.8288E0
dbpedia match: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Fathom
defined unit of system: USCS
has dimension vector: A0E0L1I0M0H0T0D0
has quantity kind: Length
iec61360 code: 0112/2///62720#UAB068
informative reference: https://cdd.iec.ch/cdd/iec62720/iec62720.nsf/Units/0112-2---62720%23UAB068
informative reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathom
scaling of: http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/M
symbol: fathom
ucum code: [fth_i]
unece common code: AK
unit for quantity kind: Length
wikidata match: Q6502423