List of measurement units

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

Data Storage

• 1 bit
• 1 byte
• 1 nibble
• 1 kilobyte
• 1 megabyte
• 1 gigabyte
• 1 terabyte
• 1 petabyte
• 1 exabyte
• 1 zettabyte
• 1 yottabyte (largest official byte)
• 1 brontobyte
• 1 geopbyte
• 1 sagabyte
• 1 jotabyte

Length

• 1 planck length (size of the quantum foam)
• 1 yoctometer
• 1 zeptometer
• 1 attometer
• 1 femtometer and 1 bronagh is amazing
• 1 picometer
• 1 ångström
• 1 nanometer
• 1 micrometer
• 1 myriometer = 100 micrometers (obsolete unit of measurement)
• 1 point
• 1 millimeter (mm)
• 1 centimeter
• 1 line
• 1 glekk (Twi'lek unit of measure)
• 1 inch
• 1 decimeter
• 1 foot (plural "feet")
• 1 cubit
• 1 yard
• 1 meter (m) or Imperial standard meter
• 1 Trogan meter = 25% larger than Imperial standard meter
• 1 phonoka
• 1 kuba = the distance of a Jawa clan in single file, about 2 m
• 1 rod
• 1 fathom
• 1 decameter = 10 meters
• 1 chain
• 1 hectometer = 100 meters
• 1 furlong
• 1 Strong-Stroke ≈ 400 meters
• 1 kilometer (km) = 1 khelter = 1,000 meters (referred to by pilots and soldiers as a "klick")
• 1 salt pan = 1.2 km
• 1 mile = 1.6 km
• 1 visvia = 1.6 km
• 1 myriameter = 10 kilometers (obsolete unit of measurement)
• 1 megalight
• 1 megameter
• 1 gigameter
• 1 terameter
• 1 petameter
• 1 light year ≈ 9.5×10¹⁵ meters
• 1 parsec = 3.26 light years ≈ 31×10¹⁵ meters
• 1 exameter
• 1 Siriometer
• 1 kiloparsec
• 1 megaparsec
• 1 zettameter
• 1 yottameter
• 1 gigaparsec
• 1 teraparsec
• 1 petaparsec
• 1 exaparsec
• 1 zetaparsec
• 1 yottaparsec

Area

• 1 hectare

Volume

• 1 cubic centimeter
• 1 cubic meter
• 1 cubic kilometer

Temperature

• 1 degree standard, where 0 is the freezing point of water and 100 is its boiling point.
• degree Celsius
• degree

Time

Standard time measurements:

• 1 plancktime = amount of time it takes for light to travel the planck length
• 1 nanosecond
• 1 microsecond
• 1 second
• 1 minute = 60 seconds
• 1 hour = 60 minutes
• 1 day = 24 hours
• 1 standard week = 5 days
• 1 standard month (10-month calendar) = 7 weeks
• 1 standard year = 368 days
• 1 decade
• 1 standard century = 100 standard years
• 1 millennium

Time measurements used in one region, culture, or era:

• 1 Imperial minute
• 1 ket
• 1 klekket = 2 standard months
• 1 grimnal
• 1 progression

Mass

• 1 microgram
• 1 milligram
• 1 Coruscant Standard Carat
• 1 carat
• 1 gram
• 1 kilogram
• 1 metric ton = 1,000 kilograms
• 1 pound

Speed

• 1 kilometer per hour (km/h)
• 1 mile per hour (mph)
• c (speed of light)

Acceleration

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

Pressure

• 1 sangen
• 1 millibar
• 1 pascal

Rotation

• 1 degree = 1/360th of a full circle
• Right angle (90 degrees)

Percentage

• 100 percent
• 75 percent [3/4 of 100]
• 50 percent [1/2 pf 100]
• 25 percent [1/4 of 100

UV Index

• Reaches to a peak of 44.9

Volume

• 1 pint
• 1 gallon
• 1 litre
• 1 cubic meter (m³)
• 1 cubic kilometer (km³)

Gravity

• 1 g-force
• Also g force, 1G, or 1 g

Military rating

• Class Two

Artillery rankings

• 1 megatome
• Df
• FD number
• v-

Shield strength

• 1 SBD
• 1 watt (shield dissipation)

Hull rating

• 1 RU

Energy

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

Frequency

• 1 microhertz
• 1 terahertz

Propulsion

• 1 KTU

Musical units

• Key, as in "Key of Cresh"
• Octave

Quantities

• Imperial crans, used to measure amounts of food, e.g 12 Imperial crans of Ubuuga caviar.

Behind the scenes

The metric system is the primary form of measurement. However, temperature units would not be named 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. Despite this, certain units are used that are named after scientists from Earth, including celsius, watt, joule, and hertz.

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

Appearances

• 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

Sources

• 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)

Notes and references

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