My brother is two metres tall.
A metre is a measurement of length in the metric system.
The root word for length in the metric system is "meter."
The customary units are ones we use everyday. metric units usually have the word meter on it. my teacher taught me meter metric no meter no metric.
metric
It derives from the word's meaning: "measure".
We learned the metric system in math today.
The French word "mètre" simply means "measure".
The Metric System is called "metric" because it is based on the use of the meter as the primary unit of length. The term "metric" comes from the Greek word "metron," meaning "measure." The system was devised in France during the 18th century and has since become the internationally accepted system of measurement.
The United States of America is one of the few nations who have not adopted the metric system.
In the Metric System, a centimeter is a unit of measure for length.
The word 'meter' is a noun, a word for:an instrument for measuring or recording the amount of something;the basic unit of length of the metric system;the repeated pattern in poetry or of musical beats;a word for a thing.
The SI unit for length is the meter. However, because the meter is so large, in the laboratory derivatives of the meter are often used. These are formed by adding a prefix to the word meter. For instance the centimeter, a commonly used unit, is equal to 1/100 of a meter.
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