How was the meter developed ( as in the meter for measuring with in the metric system)?



Answer:
Currently the meter is set at the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 seconds. This is the new standard as of 1983.
One ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the north pole through Paris.

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