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Length > metre

Preferred term

mmetre  

Definition

  • The metric and SI base unit of distance. The 17th General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1983 defined the meter as that distance that makes the speed of light in a vacuum equal to exactly 299 792 458 meters per second. The speed of light in a vacuum, $c$, is one of the fundamental constants of nature. The meter is equal to approximately 1.093 613 3 yards, 3.280 840 feet, or 39.370 079 inches.

Broader concept

Note

  • The metric and SI base unit of distance. The meter is equal to approximately 1.093 613 3 yards, 3.280 840 feet, or 39.370 079 inches.

Notation

  • 0112/2///62720#UAA726
  • 0112/2///62720#UAD718
  • m
  • MTR

In other languages

  • متر

    Arabic

  • метър

    Bulgarian

  • Chinese

  • metr

    Czech

  • French

  • German

  • μέτρο

    Greek

  • מטר

    Hebrew

  • मीटर

    Hindi

  • méter

    Hungarian

  • Italian

  • メートル

    Japanese

  • metrum

    Latin

  • meter

    Malay

  • متر

    Persian

  • metr

    Polish

  • metro

    Portuguese

  • metru

    Romanian

  • метр

    Russian

  • meter

    Slovenian

  • Spanish

  • metre

    Turkish

URI

https://vocab.sentier.dev/units/unit/M

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