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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.
Smoot - humorous nonstandard length unit
Smoot is a nonstandard, humorous unit of length equal to 5 ft 7 in, the height of Oliver R. Smoot (MIT ’62). Used to measure the Harvard Bridge in 1958 as “364.4 smoots ± 1 ear” and referenced in engineering culture and local markings
- Symbol: none standardized (sometimes sm or smt)
- System: Informal/non-SI
- Exact relations: 1 smoot = 5 ft 7 in = 67 in (exact)
- Metric equivalents: 1 smoot = 67 × 0.0254 m = 1.7018 m (exact)
- Typical examples: Harvard Bridge markings at 10-smoot intervals; humorous unit conversions in campus lore