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Metre
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This article is about the unit of length. For other uses of metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation).
1 metre =
SI units
100 cm
1000 mm
US customary / Imperial units
3.2808 ft
39.370 in
The metre or meter[1] is a measure of length. It is the basic unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units (SI), used around the world for general and scientific purposes.[2] Historically, the metre was defined by the French Academy of Sciences as the length between two marks on a platinum-iridium bar, which was designed to represent 1D10,000,000 of the distance from the equator to the north pole through Paris. In 1983, it was redefined by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures as the distance travelled by light in absolute vacuum in 1D299,792,458 of a second.[3]
The symbol for metre is m (never capital M). Decimal multiples and submultiples of the metre, such as kilometre (1000 metres) and centimetre (1D100 metre), are indicated by adding SI prefixes to metre (see table below).
The spelling of the word recommended by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures is "metre".[4] However, many scholars, manufacturers and traders in USA prefer using the American English spelling "meter", which is officially endorsed by the United States.[5]
