What is 20mi in Ells?

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What is 20 Miles (20mi) in Ells (ell)?

What is 20mi in ell? Convert 20 Miles (20mi) to Ells (ell) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Miles to Ells

Formula
ell = mi x 1408
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Ells, multiply the number of Miles by 1.4 thousand
Miles (mi) in 1 Ell
There are 0 Miles in 1 Ell
Ells (ell) in 1 Mile
There are 1408 Ells in 1 Mile

Unit Information

Mile
/mʌɪl/
Symbol: mi
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Mile?

The mile is a unit of length in the imperial unit system with the symbol mi.

It was originally an English unit but was adopted by many countries who all had their own slight variation on definition. The English mile, however, is equal to 63,360 inches, 5280 ft or 1760 yards.

The UK still uses the mile on all roadway signs rather than the kilometre; its SI "equivalent". It used to have the symbol 'm' until SI was established and it was changed to avoid confusion with the unit metre.

Ell
/ɛl/
Symbol: ell
Unit System: Historic English

What is the Ell?

The ell is a unit of length and originates from historic England and uses the symbol ell.

The ell usually measured 45in or 1.143m but was origally a "cubit" - which was the length from your elbow to the tip of your fingers and literally translated from the word "arm". It was mostly used in the tailoring world when buying and selling textiles.

Although now obsolete, the word "ell" still survives in the English word "elbow".


Conversion Tables for Miles (mi) to Ells (ell)