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1 Rod [International] = 0.502920 Dekameter

1 Dekameter = 1.9884 Rod [International]

Rod [International] to Dekameter Conversion Formula

To convert Rod [International] to Dekameter, multiply by 0.502920.

Dekameter = Rod [International] × 0.502920

Rod [International] = Dekameter × 1.9884

To convert Dekameter back to Rod [International], divide by 0.502920 (or multiply by 1.9884).

About These Units

About Rod [International]

The rod is a traditional unit of distance equal to 5.5 yards (16 feet 6 inches or exactly 5.0292 meters). The rod and the furlong were the basic distance units used by the Anglo-Saxon residents of England before the Norman conquest of 1066. The Saxons generally called this unit the gyrd, a word which comes down to us as the name of a different unit, the yard. "Rod" is another Saxon word which meant just what it means today: a straight stick. The Normans preferred to call the gyrd a pole or a perch (a word of French origin, meaning a pole; see perche). The length of the rod was well established at least as early as the eighth century. It may have originated as the length of an ox-goad, a pole used to control a team of 8 oxen (4 yokes). Scholars are not sure how the rod was related to shorter units. It may have been considered equal to 20 "natural" feet (actual foot lengths; see foot), or it may have been measured "by hand" as 30 shaftments. In any case, when the modern foot became established in the twelfth century, the royal government did not want to change the length of the rod, since that length was the basis of land measurement, land records, and taxes. Therefore the rod was redefined to equal 16.5 of the new feet. This length was called the "kings perch" at least as early as the time of King Richard the Lionheart (1198). Although rods and perches of other lengths were used locally in Britain, the kings perch eventually prevailed. The relationship between the rod and the other English distance units was confirmed again by the Parliamentary statute of 1592, which defined the statute mile to be either 320 rods or 1760 yards, thus forcing the rod to equal exactly 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet.

About Dekameter

A decametre also dekametre (American spelling: dekameter, earlier decameter symbol dam), symbol (dam) is a very rarely used unit of length in the metric system, equal to ten metres, the SI base unit of length. It can be written in scientific notation as 1 E+1 m (exponential notation) — meaning 10 × 1 m. This measure is included mostly for completeness. One practical use of the decameter is for altitude of geopotential heights (circumscribing equal pressure) in meteorology. Interestingly, meteorologists also use another seldom encountered SI prefix: hecto- in hectopascal (hPa). The volumetric form (see below) cubic decametre is convenient for describing large volumes of water such as in rivers and lakes.

Rod [International] to Dekameter Conversion Table

Rod [International]	Dekameter	Dekameter	Rod [International]
0.1	0.050292	0.1	0.198839
0.5	0.251460	0.5	0.994194
1	0.502920	1	1.9884
2	1.0058	2	3.9768
5	2.5146	5	9.9419
10	5.0292	10	19.8839
20	10.0584	20	39.7678
25	12.5730	25	49.7097
50	25.1460	50	99.4194
100	50.2920	100	198.8388
250	125.7300	250	497.0970
500	251.4600	500	994.1939
1000	502.9200	1000	1988.39

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