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I am writing a description:
in U.S. Survey feet which is dependent on the length of the meter which has been redefined over time. I think I may need to specify which meter I am using just to eliminate confusion.
from Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre
“The metre, or meter (American spelling), (from the Greek noun ë?ë?ìãìëÀë?, “measure”) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The SI unit symbol is m.[1] The metre is defined as the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds.[2]The metre was originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole. In 1799, it was redefined in terms of a prototype metre bar (the actual bar used was changed in 1889 and 1927). In 1960, the metre was redefined in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86. In 1983, the current definition was adopted.
The imperial inch is defined as 0.0254 metres (2.54 centimetres or 25.4 millimetres). One metre is about Û?3 3ã8 inches longer than a yard, i.e. about Û?39 3ã8 inches.”
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