ft⁻¹

per foot

Wavenumberexact by definition

The reciprocal foot is exactly 1/0.3048 m⁻¹, about 3.281 m⁻¹. It appears as an attenuation or decay constant in American engineering practice, wherever an exponential falls off over a distance stated in feet.

1 ft⁻¹ 3.2808399 m⁻¹