One inch equals 0.0254 meters, to convert 18 inches to meters we have to multiply the amount of inches by 0.0254 to obtain the width, height or length in meters. 18 inches is equal to 18 x 0.0254 = 0.4572 meters. The result is the following:
18 inches = 0.4572 meters
An inch (symbol: in) is a unit of length. It is defined as 1⁄12 of a foot, also is 1⁄36 of a yard. Though traditional standards for the exact length of an inch have varied, it is equal to exactly 25.4 mm. The inch is a popularly used customary unit of length in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
The meter (symbol: m) is the fundamental unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). It is defined as "the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second." In 1799, France start using the metric system, and that is the first country using the metric.
To calculate a inch value to the corresponding value in meters, just multiply the quantity in inches by 0.0254 (the conversion factor).
meters = inches * 0.0254
The factor 0.0254 is the result from the division 1 / 39.3701 (meter definition). Therefore, another way would be:
meters = inches / 39.3701
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