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  2. Metre - Wikipedia

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    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 ⁠ 1 / 299 792 458 ⁠ of a second, where the second is defined by a hyperfine transition frequency of caesium.

  3. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    The kilometre (SI symbol: km) is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1 000 meters (10 3 m). To help compare different orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths between 1 kilometer and 10 kilometers (10 3 and 10 4 meters).

  4. Cubic metre - Wikipedia

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    1 dm 3 = 0.001 m 3 = 1 L (also known as DCM (=Deci Cubic Meter) in Rubber compound processing) Cubic centimetre [5] the volume of a cube of side length one centimetre (0.01 m) equal to a millilitre 1 cm 3 = 0.000 001 m 3 = 10 −6 m 3 = 1 mL Cubic millimetre the volume of a cube of side length one millimetre (0.001 m) equal to a microlitre

  5. List of largest optical reflecting telescopes - Wikipedia

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    This list of the largest optical reflecting telescopes with objective diameters of 3.0 metres (120 in) or greater is sorted by aperture, which is a measure of the light-gathering power and resolution of a reflecting telescope.

  6. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    Claims of being 8 feet 3 inches (251 cm), not confirmed. 1962–1991 (29) Annie Irwin United States: 251 cm 8 ft 3 in Born in Chicago. Claimed to be 8 feet 3 inches (251 cm), not confirmed. [244] c. 1919 Donald McGregor Sweden: 250.2 cm 8 ft 2.5 in Donald McGregor was touring with the Foley and Burk shows in 1916.

  7. Size - Wikipedia

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    The illustration also contains a linear measurement in meters in the middle. A size comparison illustration comparing the sizes of various planets and stars. In each grouping after the first, the last object from the previous group is presented as the first object of the following group, to present a continuous sense of comparison.

  8. History of the metre - Wikipedia

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    In 1983 this was updated to a length defined in terms of the speed of light; this definition was reworded in 2019: [3] The metre, symbol m, is the SI unit of length. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the speed of light in vacuum c to be 299 792 458 when expressed in the unit m⋅s −1 , where the second is defined in terms ...

  9. Metric system - Wikipedia

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    The system's characteristics are that density is expressed in g/cm 3, force expressed in dynes and mechanical energy in ergs. Thermal energy was defined in calories , one calorie being the energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water from 15.5 °C to 16.5 °C.