Convert Yard to Millimeter
Please provide values below to convert yard [yd] to millimeter [mm], or vice versa.
Yard
Definition: A yard (symbol: yd) is a unit of length in both the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. Since 1959, a yard has been defined as exactly 0.9144 meters. It is also equal to 3 feet, or 36 inches.
History/origin: The origin of the yard as a unit is unclear. It is an English unit (predecessor of imperial units) and the term was derived from "gerd" in Old English, the earliest historical form of the English language. Some suggest that the yard could have been derived based on the girth of a person's waist.
Current use: The yard is commonly used in field-length measurement for certain sports such as American and Canadian football, and association football (soccer). The yard is also used in cricket pitch dimensions, and sometimes in golf fairway measurements. In the United Kingdom (UK) as well as the United States, the yard is frequently used when referring to distance. In the UK, it is also a legal requirement that road signs indicating shorter distances are displayed in yards.
Millimeter
Definition: A millimeter (symbol: mm) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). It is defined in terms of the meter, as 1/1000 of a meter, or the distance traveled by light in 1/299 792 458 000 of a second.
History/origin: The milli- prefix is one of many metric prefixes. It indicates one thousandth of the base unit, in this case the meter. The definition of the meter has changed over time, the current definition being based on the distance traveled by the speed of light in a given amount of time. The relationship between the meter and the millimeter is constant however. Prior to this definition, the meter was based on the length of a prototype meter bar. In 2019, the meter has been re-defined based on the changes made to the definition of a second.
Yard to Millimeter Conversion Table
Yard [yd] | Millimeter [mm] |
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0.01 yd | 9.144 mm |
0.1 yd | 91.44 mm |
1 yd | 914.4 mm |
2 yd | 1828.8 mm |
3 yd | 2743.2 mm |
5 yd | 4572 mm |
10 yd | 9144 mm |
20 yd | 18288 mm |
50 yd | 45720 mm |
100 yd | 91440 mm |
1000 yd | 914400 mm |
How to Convert Yard to Millimeter
1 yd = 914.4 mm
1 mm = 0.0010936133 yd
Example: convert 15 yd to mm:
15 yd = 15 × 914.4 mm = 13716 mm