Yard to Centimeter Converter

Yard

The yard (symbol: yd) is a unit of length in the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement. One yard is equal to 3 feet or 36 inches. Since 1959, yard has been standardized as exactly 0.9144 meter. A distance of 1,760 yards is equal to 1 mile.

The yard is used as the standard unit of field-length measurement in American, Canadian and association football, cricket pitch dimensions (22yd), and in some countries, golf fairway measurements. In some parts of India, square yard is used as the unit of area - especially for plots of land. The yard, subdivided into eighths, is used for the purchase of fabrics in the United States and United Kingdom. Sometimes, the square yard (unit of area) and the cubic yard (unit of volume) are both referred to as 'yards'.

Centimeter

A centimeter (symbol: cm) is a unit of length in the metric system. A centimeter equal to one hundredth of a meter, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of 1/100. The centimeter was the base unit of length in the now deprecated centimeter–gram–second (CGS) system of units.

The centimeter is a commonly used measure of length and height. In many countries, height of a person is measured in centimeters.

The centimeter is roughly equal to the fingernail of an average adult person. Radius of vehicle wheels, waist size of trousers, length of shirts etc. are also often measured in cm values. More information

Yards To Centimeters Table