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meters (units for distance) (<size/dimension units for distance>, <size/dimensions by unit>, ... Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: The fundamental units of length in the metric system (International Systems of Units, SI), equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches. Defined as the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 second. Historically, the meter was defined by the French Academy of Sciences in 1791 as 1/10,000,000 of the quadrant of the Earth’s circumference from the North Pole through Paris to the equator.
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| meters (units for distance) (preferred,C,U,American English-P,D,U,PN)
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| meter (units for distanc) (C,U,American English,AD,U,SN)
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| metres (units for distance) (C,U,British English-P,D,U,PN)
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| metre (unit for distance) (C,U,British English,AD,U,SN)
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| m (C,U,SY,not applicable,UF,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: D.DC |
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Physical Attributes Facet |
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.... Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ form attributes (G) |
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................ size/dimensions (G) |
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.................... <size/dimensions by unit> (G) |
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........................ <size/dimension units for distance> (G) |
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