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 | | The meter was originally defined as 1/10,000,000 of the distance between the equator and either pole; however, the original survey was inaccurate and the meter was later defined simply as the distance between two scratches on a bar made of a platinum-iridium alloy and kept at Sevres, France, near Paris. |
 | | The meter is now the legal standard of length for most of the world, other standards, such as the yard, being defined in terms of the meter. |
 | | All communications between the settlements is on a "two meter radio waveband" system, this girl is speaking to Port Stanley from San Carlos.1984. |
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