Measurement unit: circular mil

Full name: circular mil

Plural form: circular mils

Category type: area

Scale factor: 5.067074790975E-10




SI unit: square meter

The SI derived unit for area is the square meter.
1 square meter is equal to 1973525241.39 circular mil.



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Definition: Circular mil

A circular mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a circle with a diameter of one mil (one thousandth of an inch). It is a convenient unit for referring to the area of a wire with a circular cross section, because the area in circular mils can be calculated without reference to pi (π).


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