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Conversion of 17 Millimeter to Foot


17 mm is equivalent to 0.055777 Foot

Conversions Table


Equivalent of 17 Millimeter:

1.7 Centimeter
0.017 Meter
1.7E-5 Kilometer
0.6692917 Inch
0.055777 Foot
1.0563307E-5 Mile
0.018598 Yard
9.18E-6 Nautical Mile

Millimeter / Foot Units Definition


Millimeter
The millimeter mm (thousandth of a meter, 10-3m). It is difficult to manipulate with your fingers an object smaller than 1mm. The micrometer or micron µm (thousandth of a mm, 10-6m): the thickness of soap bubbles, when they make pretty colors, is a few microns.
Foot
The foot is a unit of length of approximately 30 centimeters, corresponding to the length of a human foot of approximately size 45.In Antiquity, the foot was regularly divided into sixteen fingers or four palms. The Roman foot was 29.64 cm.Since the Middle Ages, the foot was also divided by twelve, which gave the inch. The foot of the King of France was 32.48 cm (size 48¾) and the Anglo-Saxon foot is 30.48 cm.