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  2. Reciprocal length - Wikipedia

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    Reciprocal length. Reciprocal length or inverse length is a quantity or measurement used in several branches of science and mathematics, defined as the reciprocal of length. Common units used for this measurement include the reciprocal metre or inverse metre (symbol: m1), the reciprocal centimetre or inverse centimetre (symbol: cm1).

  3. Centimetre - Wikipedia

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    The microwave is in-between 1 meter to 1 millimeter. A centimetre (International spelling) or centimeter (American spelling), with SI symbol cm, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of ⁠ 1 / 100 ⁠. [1] Equivalently, there are 100 centimetres ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. List of examples of lengths - Wikipedia

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    Lengths between 10 −2 and 10 −1 m (1 and 10 cm). 1 cm — 10 millimetres; 1 cm — 0.39 inches; 1 cm — edge of square of area 1 cm 2; 1 cm — edge of cube of volume 1 ml; 1 cm — approximate width of average fingernail; 1.5 cm — length of a very large mosquito; 2 cm — approximate width of an adult human finger; 2.54 cm1 inch

  7. History of the metre - Wikipedia

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    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. The concept of defining a unit of length in terms of a time received some comment. [192]

  8. Milliradian - Wikipedia

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    In firearm optics, where 0.1 mrad per click is the most common mrad based adjustment value, another common rule of thumb is that an adjustment of ⁠ 1 / 10 ⁠ mrad changes the impact as many centimeters as there are hundreds of meters. In other words, 1 cm at 100 meters, 2.25 cm at 225 meters, 0.5 cm at 50 meters, etc. See the table below

  9. Wavenumber - Wikipedia

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    Wavenumber has dimensions of reciprocal length, so its SI unit is the reciprocal of meters (m1). In spectroscopy it is usual to give wavenumbers in cgs unit (i.e., reciprocal centimeters; cm1 ); in this context, the wavenumber was formerly called the kayser , after Heinrich Kayser (some older scientific papers used this unit ...