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Metre

The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of .mw-parser-output .sfrac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .sfrac.tion,.mw-parser-output .sfrac…

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Imperial/US units
≈ 1.0936 yd · ≈ 3.2808 ft · ≈ 39.37 in
Nautical units
≈ 0.00053996 nmi
Symbol
m
Unit of
length
Unit system
SI

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Metre

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Triples47
Avg. degree1.96
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Metre

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related to history · 15
Metre → Archives, As, Delambre, During, Earth, Following, French, French Revolution, However, It, Mètre, Méchain, North Pole, Paris, The
related to Etymology and spelling · 12
Metre → English, English-speaking, French, Greek, In English, Latin, Philippines, Proto-Indo-European, The, The Greek, This, United States
related to SI prefixed forms of metre · 4
Metre → Long, Mm, SI, The
Imperial/US units · 3
Metre → ≈ 1.0936 yd, ≈ 3.2808 ft, ≈ 39.37 in
related to External links · 3
Metre → The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
is a · 2
Metre → measure of proper length, standard spelling of the metric unit for length in all English-speaking nations except the United States and the Philippines
related to Equivalents in other units · 2
Metre → One, Within
Nautical units · 1
Metre → ≈ 0.00053996 nmi
Symbol · 1
Metre → m
Unit of · 1
Metre → length

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length definition units defined terms second unit si mètre light 2019 french used standard meter one km vacuum 299792458 frequency

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MetreImperial/US units≈ 1.0936 yd1.00infobox
MetreImperial/US units≈ 3.2808 ft1.00infobox
MetreImperial/US units≈ 39.37 in1.00infobox
MetreNautical units≈ 0.00053996 nmi1.00infobox
MetreSymbolm1.00infobox
MetreUnit oflength1.00infobox
MetreUnit systemSI1.00infobox
Metreis ameasure of proper length0.90text
Metreis astandard spelling of the metric unit for length in all English-speaking nations except the United States and the Philippines0.90text
the Committee Meter were replaced from 1889 by a new standard metre made of platinum-iridiuminstance ofand it was officially established as an international measurement unit by the Metre Convention of 1875 at the beginning of the Second Industrial Revolution.The Mètre des Archive…0.80text
and 29 bars calibrated against it were distributed to different nationsinstance ofand it was officially established as an international measurement unit by the Metre Convention of 1875 at the beginning of the Second Industrial Revolution.The Mètre des Archive…0.80text
Metrerelated to Equivalents in other unitsWithin0.60section

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