"300379099" . "m" . . "The fundamental units of length in the metric system (International Systems of Units, SI), equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches. Defined as the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 second. Historically, the meter was defined by the French Academy of Sciences in 1791 as 1/10,000,000 of the quadrant of the Earth\u2019s circumference from the North Pole through Paris to the equator."@en . "metre (unit for distance)"@en-gb . "2012-06-08T14:46:49"^^ . "2016-03-08T13:36:03"^^ . "meter (units for distanc)"@en-us . "meters (units for distance)"@en-us . . "metres (units for distance)"@en-gb . .