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[1]: 137 For example, the metre, kilometre, centimetre, nanometre, etc. are all SI units of length, though only the metre is a coherent SI unit. The complete set of SI units consists of both the coherent set and the multiples and sub-multiples of coherent units formed by using the SI prefixes. [1]: 138
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[86] [87]: 10–13 Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler's use of the metre in coastal surveying, which had been an argument for the introduction of the Metric Act of 1866 allowing the use of the metre in the United States, probably also played a role in the choice of the metre as international scientific unit of length and the proposal by the European Arc ...
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 of the caesium frequency Δν Cs.
A derived unit is used for expressing any other quantity, and is a product of powers of base units. For example, in the modern metric system, length has the unit metre and time has the unit second, and speed has the derived unit metre per second. [5]: 15 Density, or mass per unit volume, has the unit kilogram per cubic metre. [5]: 434
Festmeter (fm), a unit of volume for logs Erntefestmeter (Efm), a unit of volume for trees or forests which assumes a 10% loss due to bark and 10% during the felling process. Vorratsfestmeter (Vfm), a unit of volume for trees or forests based on measurements including the bark. Raummeter (rm), or stere (stacked firewood) = 0.7 m 3 (stacked ...
metre: m: L: length: The distance travelled by light in vacuum in 1 / 299 792 458 second. m: SI: Physics: Basic: kilogram [n 2] kg: M: mass: The kilogram is defined by setting the Planck constant h exactly to 6.626 070 15 × 10 −34 J⋅s (J = kg⋅m 2 ⋅s −2), given the definitions of the metre and the second. [1] kg: SI: Physics ...
The unit of length was 10 7 m (the hebdometre, nominally the Earth quadrant), the unit of mass was an unnamed unit equal to 10 −11 g and the unit of time was the second. The units of mass and length were scaled incongruously to yield more consistent and usable electric units in terms of mechanical measures.