2007-10-23 15:29:57 · 7 answers · asked by kei-kei 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
A little over 1 yard: 39.37 inches
2007-10-23 15:34:13 · answer #1 · answered by Texas Cowboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like this definition best and spelling.
1791 March 30
The French National Assembly accepts the proposal by the French Academy of Sciences that the new definition for the metre be equal to one ten-millionth of the length of the Earth's meridian along a quadrant through Paris, that is the distance from the equator to the north pole.
2007-10-24 05:19:09 · answer #2 · answered by java 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A meter is 100 centimeters.
A meter is 1 ⁄ 299,792,458 of the distance that light travels in 1 second in a vacuum, by definition.
A meter is 1,579,800.762042 wavelengths of helium-neon laser light in a vacuum (practical measurement).
2007-10-23 22:38:55 · answer #3 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
3.281 ft. Or 1000mm Or 100cm Or 39.37in
it is defined as 1⁄299 792 458 of a light-second.
2007-10-23 22:37:21 · answer #4 · answered by roo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
100 centimeters
2007-10-23 22:38:03 · answer #5 · answered by Kylie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
100 centimeters
2007-10-23 22:38:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 meter = 0.001 kilometers = 3.28 feet = 39.4 inches
2007-10-23 22:40:10 · answer #7 · answered by teddybear158 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋