Units of length

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

Name	Distance	Description
Hic	~kilometer	First mentioned in the Marvel comics's 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".
Klep	???	Blackarachnia defined the location of a utility tunnel as six hundred kleps down in "Homecoming".
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".
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.
Solar rek	???	Mentioned in the unofficial story "Alignment".
Vun	~hectometer?	Mentioned in the Marvel comics's 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.