Meter

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Meter

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1. (abbr m) The basic unit of length of the metric system, defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths in vacuum of the unperturbed transition 2p₁₀ - 5d₅ in krypton. </dd>
Effective 1 July 1959 in U.S. customary system of measures, 1 yard = 0.9144 meter, exactly, or 1 meter = 1.094 yards = 39.37 inches. The standard inch is exactly 25.4 millimeters. </dd>
2. A device for measuring, and usually indicating, some quantity. [[/a>|/a> ]]

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use