Units of length
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Transformers, being extraterrestrials, are often overheard stating measurements in units that are unfamiliar to humans. Following is a list of units of length that Cybertronians have been observed using.
Specific unit definitions
[edit]| 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." | |
| Cybertronic mini-inch | ??? | Hook says he can "perform flawlessly to within one five hundred thousandth of a Cybertronic mini-inch" in "The Core". | |
| Hic | ~kilometer | First mentioned in the Marvel story "The Magnificent Six!", three hics was the distance between the town of Yuss and Fort Scyk. The AllSpark Almanac defines a hic as 1024 mechanometers, or about one kilometer. | |
| Kil | ??? | Nosecone noted 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 seems Fusion measured the distance between him and some Decepticon jets in kix in "And There Shall Come...a Leader!". | |
| Klep | ??? | Blackarachnia defined 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 the Beast Wars episodes "The Web" and "Fallen Comrades". | |
| Mechanometer | ~meter | In the Generation 1 episode "City of Steel", Hound declared Optimus Prime's head was within ten mechanometers when they approached its location. The AllSpark Almanac defines a mechanometer as the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in 1/268,435,456 of a nanoklik, or about a meter. | |
| Megamile | ??? | The bridge to Iacon, for example, was approximately a megamile away from the city according to Wheeljack in the Generation 1 episode "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1". | |
| Metron | ??? | Transformers: The Covenant of Primus describes Predaking as being least forty metrons from snout to tail. | |
| Microhic | ??? | Used in the Beast Wars: Uprising story "Derailment" by Erector. | |
| Microquad | ??? | In the Beast Wars episode "The Web", Cheetor made contact with HQ through the new, experimental comlink when he was at a distance of over five microquads away, which meant a good result. | |
| Parsec | [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Parsec|{{#if: | Parsec}}]] | Used in the The Transformers Adventure Game Book "Desert of Danger" by Hot Rod to illustrate the distance to Nebulos. |
| Solar rek | ??? | Mentioned in the unofficial story "Alignment". | |
| Vun | ~hectometer? | Mentioned in the Marvel story "The Magnificent Six!", the shockwave from a nuclear explosion blew the Autobots into the air the last few vuns to beyond Yuss's limits. |