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  2. Metre-stick - Wikipedia

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    Metre-stick. A metrestick divided into 1,000 mm and labeled with 100 cm. A metre-stick, metrestick (or meter-stick and meterstick as alternative spellings); [1] or yardstick[2] is either a straightedge or foldable ruler used to measure length, and is especially common in the construction industry. They are often made of wood or plastic, and ...

  3. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The conversion between different SI units for one and the same physical quantity is always through a power of ten. This is why the SI (and metric systems more generally) are called decimal systems of measurement units. [10] The grouping formed by a prefix symbol attached to a unit symbol (e.g. ' km ', ' cm ') constitutes a new inseparable unit ...

  4. 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.

  5. Japanese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    With the majority of the public now exposed to it since childhood, [7] the metric system became the sole legal measurement system in most fields of Japanese life on 1 January 1959. [4] Redrafting of laws to use metric equivalents had already been accomplished, but conversion of the land registries required until 31 March 1966 to complete.

  6. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    0.3048 m. 30.48 cm. 304.8 mm. The foot (standard symbol: ft) [1][2] is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly used to represent the foot. [3] In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet.

  7. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.

  8. Metric system - Wikipedia

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    The metric system is a decimal -based system of measurement. The current international standard for the metric system is the International System of Units (Système international d'unités or SI), in which all units can be expressed in terms of seven base units: the metre (m), kilogram (kg), second (s), ampere (A), kelvin (K), mole (mol), and ...

  9. Chinese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Table of Chinese length units effective in 1930 [3] Pinyin Character Relative value Metric value Imperial value Notes háo : 毫: 1 ⁄ 10 000: 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 μm 0.001 31 in: Chinese mil lí: 釐 (T) or 厘 (S) 1 ⁄ 1000: 1 ⁄ 3 mm 0.0131 in Chinese calibre fēn: 市分: 1 ⁄ 100: 3 + 1 ⁄ 3 mm 0.1312 in Chinese line cùn: 市寸: 1 ⁄ 10: ...