Convert furlong to meter
Furlong
A furlong (symbol: fur) is a unit of length equal to one-eighth of a mile, exactly 201.168 metres or 220 yards. Originally derived from the Old English furh (furrow) and lang (long), it described the length of a furrow in one acre of a ploughed field in the common-field system. Today the furlong is retained primarily in horse racing, where race distances in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States are traditionally measured in furlongs.
Meter
The metre (Commonwealth spelling and BIPM spelling) or meter (American spelling) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μετρούν, "measure") is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The SI unit symbol is m. The metre is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
The metre was originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along a great circle, so the Earth's circumference is approximately 40000 km. In 1799, the metre was redefined in terms of a prototype metre bar (the actual bar used was changed in 1889). In 1960, the metre was redefined in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86. In 1983, the current definition was adopted.
Furlong to Meter conversion table
| Furlong | Meter |
|---|---|
| 1 | 201.168 |
| 2 | 402.336 |
| 5 | 1005.84 |
| 10 | 2011.68 |
| 25 | 5029.2 |
| 50 | 10058.4 |
| 100 | 20116.8 |
| 500 | 100584 |
| 1000 | 201168 |