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Furlong (fur) - traditional length unit
Furlong is an Imperial/US customary unit historically used in surveying and still common in horse racing. Used as one-eighth of a mile and equal to ten chains.
- Symbol: fur (also seen as f)
- System: Imperial/US customary
- Exact relations: 1 fur = 220 yd = 660 ft = 10 chains = 40 rods = 1/8 mi
- Metric equivalents: 1 fur = 201.168 m = 0.201168 km (exact)
- Typical examples: flat horse races (e.g., 5f, 6f, 7f); historical field/survey lengths
Meter (m) — the SI base unit of length
It is defined by fixing the speed of light in vacuum at exactly 299,792,458 m/s; a meter is the distance light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second. Used worldwide for measuring distance and size in science, engineering, construction, and everyday life.
- Symbol: m
- System: SI base unit for length
- Exact relations: 1 m = 100 cm = 1000 mm
- Imperial equivalents (derived from 1 in = 0.0254 m exactly): 1 m = 39.37007874 in ≈ 3.28084 ft ≈ 1.09361 yd
- Typical examples: a doorway ~2 m tall; a city block ~100 m; a 400 m running track lap.