Units of length
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Transformers,being extraterrestrials, are often overheard stating measurements in units that are unfamiliar tohumans.Following is a list ofunits of lengththat Cybertronians have been observed using.
Specific unit definitions
| Name | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Centihic | ??? | Mentioned in "Intersectionality,"where it was used in the expression" within a centihic of its life, "which is equivalent to" within an inch of his life. " |
| Hic | ~kilometer | First mentioned in theMarvelstory "The Magnificent Six!",three hics was the distance between the town ofYussandFort Scyk.The AllSpark Almanacdefines a hic as 1024 mechanometers, or about one kilometer. |
| Kil | ??? | Noseconenoted an energy trace to be located fifty-two kils underneath Cybertron's surface in "Stormbringer #1". |
| Kix | ??? | While difficult to make out the letters, it seemsFusionmeasured the distance between him and some Decepticon jets in kix in "And There Shall Come...a Leader!". |
| Klep | ??? | Blackarachniadefined the location of a utility tunnel as six hundred kleps down in "Homecoming". |
| Klik | ~kilometer | Referenced in the Marvel UK story "City of Fear!"and theBeast Warsepisodes "The Web"and"Fallen Comrades". |
| Mechanometer | ~meter | In theGeneration 1 episode"City of Steel",HounddeclaredOptimus Prime's head was within ten mechanometers when they approached its location.The AllSpark Almanacdefines a mechanometer as the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in 1/268,435,456 of ananoklik,or about a meter. |
| Megamile | ??? | The bridge toIacon,for example, was approximately a megamile away from the city according toWheeljackin theGeneration 1 episode"More than Meets the Eye, Part 1". |
| Metron | ??? | Transformers: The Covenant of PrimusdescribesPredakingas being least forty metrons from snout to tail. |
| Microhic | ??? | Used in Beast Wars Uprising. |
| Microquad | ??? | In theBeast Warsepisode"The Web",Cheetormade contact with HQ through the new, experimental comlink when he was at a distance of over five microquads away, which meant a good result. |
| Solar rek | ??? | Mentioned in the unofficial story "Alignment". |
| Vun | ~hectometer? | Mentioned in theMarvelstory "The Magnificent Six!",the shockwave from a nuclear explosion blew the Autobots into the air the last few vuns to beyondYuss's limits. |
