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base SI unit Syteme Internationale a unit assumed to be mutually independent from which all other units are derived SI unit

length unit unit length

meter Syteme Internationale length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second chosen in 1791 by the French Academy of Sciences as 10^-7 of the length of the meridian through Paris from pole to the equator m 11th CGPM 1960 base SI unit length fixes the speed of light in vacuum at exactly 299792458 m·s^-1

Subject	is an acronym for	has definition	has historical origin	has symbol	has approval agency	is a kind of	has approval date	is an instance of	is a unit of	has consequence
base SI unit	Syteme Internationale	a unit assumed to be mutually independent from which all other units are derived				SI unit
length unit						unit			length
meter	Syteme Internationale	length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second	chosen in 1791 by the French Academy of Sciences as 10^-7 of the length of the meridian through Paris from pole to the equator	m	11th CGPM		1960	base SI unit	length	fixes the speed of light in vacuum at exactly 299792458 m·s^-1

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