What does kilo means?
It means a thousand.
What does kilomater means?
Kilo meter means a thousand meter.
Definition's of Meter :
Meter is unit of length & weights in International System. Beside's that definiton of meter makes the length of meter depend on the duration of the second, this is exactly speed of light of 1/299,792,458 meters per second. Another definition of meter is 1 centimeter means 1/100 meter.
History of Meter :
In 1791, The International System or Metric System make report to French National Assembly by the Paris Academy of Sciences make definition of meter is the decimal system of weights. And on 1889, the meter was defined as the distance between two graduation lines at zero degree celcius. Definition of meter have changes in defiition, the goal is to change meter actual length as little as possible. And finally at 1983, the definiton is the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time of interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second.
From: Elisa, 26 April 2007
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