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[11], The French Academy of Sciences commissioned an expedition led by Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre and Pierre Méchain, lasting from 1792 to 1799, which attempted to accurately measure the distance between a belfry in Dunkerque and Montjuïc castle in Barcelona at the longitude of Paris Panthéon (see meridian arc of Delambre and Méchain). { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_rightslot2_flex' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, This did not invalidate the metre but highlighted that progresses in science would allow better measurement of Earth's size and shape. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776142', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_mpuslot4_mobile_flex' }}, storage: { [79][80] The ancient Parisian toise (fathom) was slightly shorter than 2 m and was standardised at exactly 2 m in the mesures usuelles system, such that 1 m was exactly ​1⁄2 toise. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654156' }}, },{ var mapping_houseslot_b = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([963, 0], []).addSize([0, 0], [300, 250]).build(); {code: 'ad_contentslot_3', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [336, 280]] } }, type: "html5", { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654156' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195453', size: [300, 50] }}, [8] The suffix "-meter" has the same Greek origin as the unit of length. { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_topslot_728x90' }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654152' }}, All of the machinery of the factory is installed in one large room that measures about sixty meters in length by twenty-five meters in width. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654149' }}, [59] A commonly used medium is air, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has set up an online calculator to convert wavelengths in vacuum to wavelengths in air. 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[35] Another geodesist with metrology skills was to play a pivotal role in the process of internationalization of weights and measures, Carlos Ibáñez e Ibáñez de Ibero who would become the first president of both the International Geodetic Association and the International Committee for Weights and Measures. dfpSlots['contentslot_4'] = googletag.defineSlot('/2863368/mpuslot', [[300, 250], [336, 280], 'fluid'], 'ad_contentslot_4').defineSizeMapping(mapping_contentslot).setTargeting('cdo_si', '4').setTargeting('sri', '0').setTargeting('vp', 'mid').setTargeting('hp', 'center').addService(googletag.pubads()); { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195459', size: [320, 50] }}, See more. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446383' }}, var pbjs = pbjs || {}; { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448840' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot4' }}]}]; { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_mpuslot_flex' }}, }, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_leftslot' }}, Submeter definition is - one of two or more meters for measuring different sections of a supply. At that time it had already been adopted by Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler for the U.S Survey of the Coast. 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Nowadays the practical realisation of the metre is possible everywhere thanks to the atomic clocks embedded in GPS satellites. Picard's geodetic observations had been confined to the determination of the magnitude of the Earth considered as a sphere, but the discovery made by Jean Richer turned the attention of mathematicians to its deviation from a spherical form. storage: { { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971081', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, [43], The comparison of the new prototypes of the metre with each other and with the Committee metre (French: Mètre des Archives) involved the development of special measuring equipment and the definition of a reproducible temperature scale. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776148', position: 'btf' }}, {code: 'ad_topslot_b', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_topslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/topslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[728, 90]] } }, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot1' }}]}, partner: "uarus31" { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971063', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_topslot_mobile_flex' }}, "login": { {code: 'ad_topslot_a', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_topslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/topslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 50], [320, 50], [320, 100]] } }, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '705055' }}, {code: 'ad_contentslot_3', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [336, 280]] } }, googletag.pubads().setTargeting("cdo_t", "road-vehicles"); { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195456', size: [336, 280] }}, }, The variation in spelling, however, goes much farther than that. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11653860' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448838' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971071', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, [60] As described by NIST, in air, the uncertainties in characterising the medium are dominated by errors in measuring temperature and pressure. dfpSlots['rightslot2'] = googletag.defineSlot('/2863368/rightslot2', [[300, 250], [120, 600], [160, 600]], 'ad_rightslot2').defineSizeMapping(mapping_rightslot2).setTargeting('sri', '0').setTargeting('vp', 'mid').setTargeting('hp', 'right').addService(googletag.pubads()); iasLog("criterion : cdo_ei = meter"); bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '776336', position: 'btf' }}, var pbMobileLrSlots = [ also metre, "fundamental unit of length of the metric system," originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the length of a quadrant of the meridian, 1797, from French mètre (18c. iasLog("exclusion label : resp"); { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654157' }}, The tradition labels these frequently occurring combi- nation meters by distinct names as well. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195457', size: [320, 50] }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [120, 600] }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195457', size: [320, 100] }}, les secrétaires perpétuels", "Carlos IBAÑEZ DE IBERO (14 avril 1825 – 29 janvier 1891), par Albert Pérard (inauguration d'un monument élevé à sa mémoire)", National Institute of Standards and Technology 2003; Historical context of the SI: Unit of length (meter), "Report from Charles S. Peirce on his second European trip for the Anual Report of the Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey, New York, 18.05.1877", "17th General Conference on Weights and Measures (1983), Resolution 1", "Standard Uncertainty and Relative Standard Uncertainty", National Institute of Standards and Technology 2011, "Engineering metrology toolbox: Refractive index of air calculator", "Physical limits on accuracy and resolution: setting the scale", "Recommended values of standard frequencies", "CGPM : Compte rendus de la 1ère réunion (1889)", "CGPM : Comptes rendus de le 7e réunion (1927)". dfpSlots['houseslot_b'] = googletag.defineSlot('/2863368/houseslot', [], 'ad_houseslot_b').defineSizeMapping(mapping_houseslot_b).setTargeting('sri', '0').setTargeting('vp', 'btm').setTargeting('hp', 'center').setCategoryExclusion('house').addService(googletag.pubads()); { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195456', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_HDX' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448834' }}, These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. {code: 'ad_btmslot_a', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_btmslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/btmslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 50], [300, 50]] } }, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_Billboard' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot4' }}]}]; { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_topslot' }}]}, ), from Greek metron "measure," from PIE root *me-(2) "to measure." 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