This is a list of measurement units used throughout galactic history in science, mathematics, and other studies.

Galactic Standard Notation was an interplanetary decimalised system of measurement that was the common system of measuring units used by most of the Human civilizations.^[1]

Contents 1 Distance 2 Area 3 Temperature 4 Time 5 Mass 6 Speed 7 Acceleration 8 Pressure 9 Rotation 10 Percentage 11 UV Index 12 Volume 13 Gravity 14 Military rating 15 Artillery rankings 16 Shield strength 17 Hull rating 18 Energy 19 Frequency 20 Propulsion 21 Musical units 22 Behind the scenes 23 Appearances 24 Sources 25 Notes and references 25.1 In other languages

DistanceEdit

• 1 nanometer^[2]
• 1 millimeter (mm)
• 1 centimeter^[3][2]
• 1 glekk (Twi'lek unit of measure)^[4]
• 1 inch
• 1 foot (plural "feet")
• 1 yard
• 1 meter (m) or Imperial standard meter^[2]
• 1 Trogan meter = 25% larger than Imperial standard meter^[2]
• 1 phon
• 1 kuba = the distance of a Jawa clan in single file, about 2 m
• 1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 meters (referred to by pilots as a "klick")
• 1 khelter = 1 km
• 1 salt pan = 1.2 km
• 1 mile = 1.6 km
• 1 visvia = 1.6 km
• 1 megalight
• 1 light year = 9.5×10¹⁵ meters
• 1 parsec = 31×10¹⁵ meters=3.26 light years

AreaEdit

• 1 hectare^[5]

TemperatureEdit

• 1 degree standard^[6], equivalent to centigrade or °C, where 0 is the freezing point of water and 100 is its boiling point.
• Celsius^[7][8]

TimeEdit

• 1 nanosecond^[9]
• 1 microsecond^[2]
• 1 second
• 1 Imperial minute
• 1 minute=60 seconds
• 1 hour=60 minutes
• 1 day=24 hours^[10]
• 1 standard week=5 days
• 1 standard month (10-month calendar)=7 weeks
• 1 standard year ≈ 368 days^[10]
• 1 decade^[11]
• 1 standard century=100 standard years
• 1 millennium^[12]
• 1 ket
• 1 klekket=2 standard months
• 1 grimnal
• 1 progression=1 year

MassEdit

• 1 milligram^[13]
• 1 Coruscant Standard Carat
• 1 carat^[14]
• 1 gram
• 1 kilogram
• 1 (metric) ton=1,000 kilograms

SpeedEdit

• 1 kilometer per hour (km/h)

AccelerationEdit

• 1 g-force (G or Gee)
• 1 Sublight Unit per Standard Time Part^[15]

PressureEdit

• 1 sangen^[16]
• 1 millibar^[17][18]

RotationEdit

• 1 degree=1/360th of a full circle^[19]

PercentageEdit

• 100 percent^[20]

UV IndexEdit

• Reaches to a peak of 44.9^[21]

VolumeEdit

• 1 pint^[22]
• 1 gallon^[23]
• 1 litre^[24]
• 1 cubic meter (m³)^[25]
• 1 cubic kilometer (km³)^[26]

GravityEdit

• 1 g-force^[27]
• Also g force^[28], 1G^[29], or 1 g^[20]

Military ratingEdit

• Class Two^[30]

Artillery rankingsEdit

• 1 megatome^[31]
• Df
• FD number
• v-

Shield strengthEdit

• 1 SBD
• 1 watt (shield dissipation)
• Shield point

Hull ratingEdit

• 1 RU
• Hull point

EnergyEdit

• 1 joule^[25]
• 1 megajoule=1,000,000 joules^[25][2]
• 1 gigaton=1,000,000,000 tons of TNT^[25]
• 1 watt^[25]
• 1 gigawatt^[2]
• 1 Energy Unit, approximately the energy required to power a single shot from a standard blaster^[32]
• 1 Power Unit, possibly equal or close to an Energy Unit^[32]

FrequencyEdit

• 1 microhertz^[2]

PropulsionEdit

• 1 KTU^[33]

Musical unitsEdit

• Key, as in "Key of Cresh"^[34]
• Octave^[30]

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Behind the scenesEdit

The metric system is the primary form of measurement. However temperature units would not be named Celsius, Kelvin, or Fahrenheit, since they were named for men from Earth, but rather by centigrade or the more benign "standard" developed in the online Visual Guides. It is also interesting to note that the units of watt and joule are used for energy, though their names are derived from men from Earth as well.

The metric system also applies to quantities as well, beyond the standard SI prefix. See Large Numbers for more details.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• HoloNet News (weather)
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

SourcesEdit

• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (Second Edition)
• Pirates & Privateers
•  Visual Guide Chapter 6: Lost in the Desert, Image 2 on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• Starships of the Galaxy

Notes and referencesEdit