Flickscale
Flick (unit of distance)
The flick (symbol: fl) is the fundamental unit of length, used for everyday life, astronomy, and space sciences. It is defined as the distance that light travels in a vacuum over one chron, derived from the fundamental physical constant, the speed of light (which is exactly 84 497 00ᘔ (299 792 458d) meters per second). Therefore:
1 flick (fl) = 84 497 00ᘔ (299 792 458d) meters
Origins and Adoption
The flick was initially used primarily for astronomical purposes. However, as humanity expanded its presence throughout the 26 (30d) light-year bubble of colonized stars and planets, the flick transitioned into common use for interstellar distances. Eventually, its convenience and universality led to the flick fully replacing the meter as the base unit of measurement.
Subdivisions and practical use
The flick utilizes standard metric prefixes to accommodate a vast range of measurements:
- Pentciaflick (pcfl): 10-6 fl (approximately 1.2d kilometres), used for distances comparable to kilometres.
- Decciaflick (dcpf): 10-ᘔ fl (approximately 4.84d millimetres), used for distances comparable to centimetres.
- Triquaflick (Tqfl): 103 fl (approximately 0.289d astronomical units), replacing astronomical units (AU).
- Septquaflick (Sqfl): 107 fl (approximately 1.35d light-years), replacing light-years for common interstellar measurements.
- Octquaflick (Oqfl): 108 fl (approximately 13.625d light-years or 4.18d parsecs), used for measuring distances relevant to the initial scope of human space colonization.
- Ununquaflick (uUfl): 1011 fl (approximately 3.4 milliond light-years or 1.04d megaparsecs), used for measuring distances between galaxies.
Note: A complete list of subdivision of flicks can be found in the units of flicks section below.
Units of Flicks
| Value | DSU symbol | Name | Colloquial Terms | Solarian Humans Equivalencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-20 fl | ||||
| 10-1Ɛ fl | ||||
| 10-1ᘔ fl | udcfl | undecciaflick | 543.041 837 1d attometre | |
| 10-19 fl | uecfl | unennciaflick | 6.516 502 046d femtometres
3.91 diameter of a proton | |
| 10-18 fl | uocfl | unoctciaflick | 78.19802455d femtometres
46.94d diameter of a proton | |
| 10-17 fl | uscfl | unseptciaflick | 938.376 294 6d femtometres | |
| 10-16 fl | uhclf | unhexciaflick | 11.260 515 53d picometres | |
| 10-15 fl | upcfl | unpentciaflick | 135.126 186 4d picometres
0.74d diameter of carbon atom | |
| 10-14 fl | uqcfl | unquadciaflick | 1.621 514 237d nanometres
8.87d diameter of carbon atom | |
| 10-13 fl | utcfl | untriciaflick | 19.458 170 84d nanometres | |
| 10-12 fl | ubcfl | unbiciaflick | 233.498 0501d nanometres | |
| 10-11 fl | uucfl | ununciaflick | 2.801 976 602d micrometre | |
| 10-10 fl | uncfl | unnilciaflick | 33.623 7192 2d micrometres | |
| 10-Ɛ fl | lcfl | levciaflick | 0.403 484 630 6d millimetres | |
| 10-ᘔ fl | dcfl | decciaflick | Blink | 4.841 815 568d millimetres |
| 10-9 fl | ecfl | ennciaflick | Tap | 5.810 178 681 032 35d centimetres |
| 10-8 fl | osfl | octciaflick | Stride | 69.722 144 172 388 2d centimetres |
| 10-7 fl | scfl | septciaflick | 8.366 657 300 686 59d meters | |
| 10-6 fl | hcfl | hexciaflick | 100.399 887 608 239d metres | |
| 10-5 fl | pcfl | pentciaflick | Klick | 1.204 798 651 298 870d kilometers |
| 10-4 fl | qcfl | quadciaflick | 14.457 583 815 586 4d kilometers | |
| 10-3 fl | tcfl | triciaflick | 173.491 005 787 037d kilometres | |
| 10-2 fl | bcfl | biciaflick | 2081.892 069 444 440d kilometres | |
| 10-1 fl | ucfl | unciaflick | 249 82.704 833 333 3d kilometres | |
| 100 fl | fl | flick | Flick | 1d light-second
299 792 458d meters |
| 101 fl | Uqfl | unquaflick | ||
| 102 fl | Bqfl | biquaflick | 0.288 574 387 807 779d astronomical units | |
| 103 fl | Tqfl | triquaflick | 3.462 892 653 693 14d astronomical units | |
| 104 fl | Qqfl | quadquaflick | ||
| 105 fl | Pqfl | pentquaflick | ||
| 106 fl | Hqfl | hexquaflick | ||
| 107 fl | Sqfl | septquaflick | 1.135 441 478 439 84d light-years
0.3481 279 398 7526 2d parsecs | |
| 108 fl | Oqfl | octquaflick | 13.625 297 741 278 1d light-years
4.177 535 278 503 15d parsecs | |
| 109 fl | Eqfl | ennquaflick | 163.503 572 895 337d light-years
50.130 423 342 043 3d parsecs | |
| 10ᘔ fl | Dqfl | decquaflick | 1 962.042 874 744 04d light-years
601.565 080 104 519d parsecs | |
| 10Ɛ fl | Lqfl | levquaflick | 23 544.514 496 928 5d light-years
7.218 780 961 254 23d kiloparsecs 0.222d Milky Way diameters | |
| 1010 fl | uNfl | unnilquaflick | 282 534.173 963 142d light-years
86.625 371 535 050 8d kiloparsecs 2.673d Milky Way diameters | |
| 1011 fl | uUqfl | ununquaflick | 3 390 410.087 557 7d light-years
1.039 504 458 420 61d megaparsecs 32.076d Milky Way diameters | |
| 1012 fl | uBqfl | unbiquaflick | 40 684 921.050 692 4d light-years
12.474 053 501 047 3d megaparsecs 384.91d Milky Way diameters | |
| 1013 fl | uTqfl | untriquaflick | 488 219 052.608 309d light-years
149.688 642 012 568d megaparsecs 4 618.908 868 304 28d Milky Way diameters | |
| 1014 fl | uQqfl | unquadquaflick | 5 858 628 631.29971d light-years
1.796 263 704 150 81d gigaparsecs 55 426.906 419 651 3d Milky Way diameters | |
| 1015 fl | uPqfl | unpentquaflick | 70 303 543 575.596 5d light-years
21.555 164 449 809 8d gigaparsecs 665 122.877 035 816d Milky Way diameters | |
| 1016 fl | uHqfl | unhexquaflick | 843 642 522 907.158d light-years
258.661 973 397 717d gigaparsecs 7 981 474.524 429 79d Milky Way diameters | |
| 1017 fl | uSqfl | uneptquaflick | ||
| 1018 fl | uOqfl | unoctquaflick | ||
| 1019 fl | uEqfl | unennquaflick | ||
| 101ᘔ fl | uDqfl | undecquaflick | ||
| 101Ɛ fl | uLqfl | unlevquaflick | ||
| 1020 fl | bNqfl | binilquaflick | ||
| 1026 fl | bHqfl | bihexquaflick | ||
| 1030 fl | tNqfl | trinilquaflick |