The standard unit of length is the meter. There are also bigger units of length like kilometers and smaller units of length like centimeter, millimeter, and micrometer among others. But the base unit of length is the meter.
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It is the metric or SI scale for linear measurement.
Metric system. :)
They are both systems of measurement except that the metric system is simpler and used by the majority of the world.
The measurement system, which was used in Europe before the metric system was the Roman and Anglo-Saxon measurement systems. Examples are acre, furlong and yard.
For just about any type of unit, different units are used between the English system and the SI (metric) system. In both systems, there are units for length, area, volume, mass, force, temperature, etc.