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Length is a measure of distance. In the International System of Quantities, length is a quantity with dimension distance. In most systems of measurement a base unit for length is chosen, from which all other units are derived.
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Length is a measurement. The length of something is the distance between two ends of the thing. Short means a small length. Long means much length. Short and long are opposites. For two dimensional things, length is usually the longer side. A ruler is a tool used to measure length.
Description. Unit names. Prefixes. How big. Length. Mass. British and American spelling. Administering the metric system. The Metre Convention. History. French Revolution. First attempt to metricate France. France abandon the metric system. Second attempt to metricate France. Wider adoption of the metric system. United States. United Kingdom.
A unit of length is a way of measuring length or distance . Common units of length in the International System of Units (SI) are: metre and units that are developed from it, such as "centimetre" or "kilometre" But there are a lot of units that do not fit in the SI-System: fermi (fm) (= 1 femtometre in SI units)
