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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. Metrication in Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    Among the Guatemalan units of measurement some are based on old Spanish units; they include the vara and cuadra linear measurements; the vara cuadrada, the manzana and the cuerda units of area; and the libra, arroba, quintal and garrafón units of weight and volume.

  4. Unit of length - Wikipedia

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    A ruler, depicting two customary units of length, the centimeter and the inch. A unit of length refers to any arbitrarily chosen and accepted reference standard for measurement of length.

  5. Spanish units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The labor (/ l ə ˈ b ɔːr / in West Texas) is a unit of area, used to express an area of land, that is equal to 1 million square varas.A labor is equivalent to about 177.1 acres (71.67 ha).

  6. Lima and Callao Metro - Wikipedia

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    The Lima and Callao Metro (Spanish: Metro de Lima y Callao) is a rapid transit system that serves the cities of Lima and Callao, which make up the Lima metropolitan area. [3] The existing metro lines (1 and 2) currently link the district of Villa El Salvador in the south of Lima with San Juan de Lurigancho in the northeast of the city, as well ...

  7. List of metro systems - Wikipedia

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    Map of all the world's metro systems The year the metro system was opened for commercial service at metro standards. In other words, parts of the system may be older, but as parts of a former light rail or commuter rail network, so the year that the system obtained metro standards (most notably electrification) is the one listed. Year of last ...

  8. Cuerda - Wikipedia

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    In Guatemala, a cuerda is a traditional unit of distance, equal to exactly 25 varas [1] or almost 21 meters (nearly 69 feet).. During 19th-century Spain, a cuerda was a unit of length, of nearly 6.889 m (approx. 7.554 yd). [2]

  9. Metre-gauge railway - Wikipedia

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    FGC Llobregat–Anoia Line and Barcelona Metro line 8; Metro Bilbao (operating) Cercanías Madrid C-9 (Cercedilla–Cotos) (operating) Palma de Mallorca Metro (operating) Valencia Metro (operating) Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (operating) Sweden: Skansens bergbana (operating) Switzerland: Albula Railway and Bernina railway (crosses ...