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  2. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    Fog particles are around 10–50 μm (0.00039–0.00197 in) long. ... 31 meters – wavelength of the broadcast radio shortwave band at 9.7 MHz; 32 meters ...

  3. 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.

  4. Metric system - Wikipedia

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    Here, the base units are the quad, equal to 10 7 m (approximately a quadrant of the Earth's circumference), the eleventhgram, equal to 10 −11 g, and the second. These were chosen so that the corresponding electrical units of potential difference, current and resistance had a convenient magnitude. [36]: 268 [37]: 17

  5. 7 Metre - Wikipedia

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    At their heyday, Metre Classes were the most important group of international yacht racing classes, and they are still actively raced around the world. "Seven" in class name does not, somewhat confusingly, refer to length of the boat, but product of the formula; 7 m boats are, on average, 13 meters long.

  6. Unit of length - Wikipedia

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    For example, the length two and a half meters is usually recorded as 2500 mm or 2.5 m; it would be considered non-standard to record this length as 250 cm. [7] [8]

  7. Milliradian - Wikipedia

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    The group on the right measures about 7 mm and was fired at about 90 meters, which equals ⁠ 7 mm / 90 m ⁠ = 0.078 mrad. A shot grouping is the spread of multiple shots on a target, taken in one shooting session.

  8. Millimetre - Wikipedia

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    Different lengths as in respect to the electromagnetic spectrum, measured by the metre and its derived scales.The microwave is between 1 meter to 1 millimeter.. The millimetre (international spelling; SI unit symbol mm) or millimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length.

  9. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Since an international agreement in 1959, the foot is defined as equal to exactly 0.3048 meters. Historically, ... The Neolithic long foot, ...