metre
SI unit of length
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Summary
metre is a SI base unit[1]. metre draws 17,486 Wikipedia views per month (si base unit category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: unit of length[3], UCUM base unit[4], metric unit[5]
- Measured physical quantity: length[6], distance[7], position vector[8], diffusion coefficient for fluence rate[9], proper length[10], diameter[11], height[12], width[13], radius[14], displacement[15], thickness[16]
- Part of: MKSA system of units[17], International System of Units[18], MKS system of units[19]
- Commons category: Metre[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Metre[21]
- Described by source: ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C41139[25]
- Different from: Damlakaya[26], meter[27]
- Conversion to SI unit: 1 m[28]
- Conversion to standard unit: 1 m[29], 3.28084 feet[30], 0.001 km[31], 0.0006213711922373339 miles[32]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q25507292[33]
- Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q11573 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[34]
- Calculated from: speed of light in vacuum[35], second[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[37], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38]
- Unit symbol: m[39], м[40], מ'[41], م[42], 公尺[43], মি[44], متر[45], മീ.[46]
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Influence
Things named for metre include newton metre[47], an unit of torque[48].
Why It Matters
metre has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] metre is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for metre include newton metre[47], an unit of torque[48].