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1. metres

   The metre (British spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μέτρον, "measure"), symbol m, is the primary unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), though its prefixed forms are also used relatively frequently. The metre was originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along a great circle, so the Earth's circumference is approximately 40000 km. In 1799, the metre was redefined in terms of a prototype metre bar (the actual bar used was changed in 1889). In 1960, the metre was redefined in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86. The current definition was adopted in 1983 and modified slightly in 2002 to clarify that the metre is a measure of proper length. From 1983 until 2019, the metre was formally defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299792458 of a second. After the 2019 redefinition of the SI base units, this definition was rephrased to include the definition of a second in terms of the caesium frequency ΔνCs.

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   Rank popularity for the word 'metres' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3035

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   Rank popularity for the word 'metres' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2754

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1. S meter

2. merest

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How to pronounce metres?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of metres in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of metres in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of metres in a Sentence

1. The Salford-born player:

   I saw results. My recorded top speed on my GPS unit at training, increased by 0.5 metres per second, which is huge when it comes to sprinting, that marginal gain alone had me convinced and feeling good about what more was to come. I was consistently having days feeling at my best and as confident as ever. Was this because of my new food choices, or was it coincidence? I didn't know, but I was happy with how I felt and was willing to continue.

2. Tanyapat Patthikongpan:

   Villagers found the wreckage, measuring about 2 metres wide and 3 metres long (6.6 by 9.8 feet).

3. Vince Lu:

   One year ago, when we were sick, no matter it was cold, flu or fever, we still went out with friends and ate hotpot together with no problem at all, but now if you have a mild sore throat, when you cough a bit, people next to you will jump ten metres away from you.

4. Blue Sky primary school headteacher:

   We analysed the water around, and we have a river like 50 metres far from here, and we saw that it is not healthy, that water. Then we took water from the government supply, but we also saw that it was not going to be healthy and we want the best things for our kids, so we decided to buy the filter.

5. Douglas Barrie:

   They are looking for greater distance and accuracy, they can still miss by hundreds of metres, but that doesn't rule out firing against a city or a very large airfield.

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