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What are the advantages of having the meter officially defined?

April 26, 2017advantages defined meter officially

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What are the advantages of having the meter officially defined?

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Fundamental units, like seconds or meter, are conventions. They need therefore to be defined arbitrarily (an central institution that people trust for this purpose says how much “1” is) so that we can actually use it as it will hencewith means the same for all people.