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57 relations: Aguascalientes (city), American English, Astronomical unit, Brittany Bowe, Brussels, Centimetre, Charles A. Doswell III, Conversion of units, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Cubic metre, Equator, Foot (unit), François Pervis, French Academy of Sciences, General Conference on Weights and Measures, Golden Gate Bridge, Gough Whitlam, Hertz, Imperial units, International Bureau of Weights and Measures, International System of Units, Joule, Julian year (astronomy), Kilo-, Kilogram, Length, Light-year, Metre, Metric prefix, Mile, Mileage, Millimetre, Nanometre, National Constituent Assembly (France), National Convention, Nautical mile, Noah Ngeny, Odometer, Olympic Games, Orbital pole, Orders of magnitude (length), Parsec, Pavel Kulizhnikov, Philippine English, Rieti, Salt Lake City, SI base unit, Speed skating, Square kilometre, Svetlana Masterkova, ... Expand index (7 more) »
- 1000 (number)
- Metre
- Orders of magnitude (length)
Aguascalientes (city)
Aguascalientes (Otomi) is the capital of the Mexican state of the same name and its most populous city, as well as the head of the Aguascalientes Municipality; with a population of 948,990 inhabitants in 2012 and 1,225,432 in the metro area.
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American English
American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.
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Astronomical unit
The astronomical unit (symbol: au, or AU) is a unit of length defined to be exactly equal to.
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Brittany Bowe
Brittany Starr Bowe (born February 24, 1988) is an American speed skater and former inline skater and basketball player.
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Brussels
Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.
Centimetre
Different lengths as in respect to the electromagnetic spectrum, measured by the metre and its derived scales. The microwave is in-between 1 meter to 1 millimeter. A centimetre (International spelling) or centimeter (American spelling), with SI symbol cm, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of. Kilometre and centimetre are metre and orders of magnitude (length).
Charles A. Doswell III
Charles A. Doswell III (born November 5, 1945) is an American meteorologist and prolific severe convective storms researcher.
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Conversion of units
Conversion of units is the conversion of the unit of measurement in which a quantity is expressed, typically through a multiplicative conversion factor that changes the unit without changing the quantity.
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Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations
The Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO) is one of 16 NOAA Cooperative Institutes (CIs), hosted at the University of Oklahoma.
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Cubic metre
The cubic metre (in Commonwealth English and international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or cubic meter (in American English) is the unit of volume in the International System of Units (SI).
Equator
The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Foot (unit)
The foot (standard symbol: ft) is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.
François Pervis
François "Franck" Pervis (born 16 October 1984) is a French track cyclist.
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French Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences (French: Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research.
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General Conference on Weights and Measures
The General Conference on Weights and Measures (abbreviated CGPM from the Conférence générale des poids et mesures) is the supreme authority of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), the intergovernmental organization established in 1875 under the terms of the Metre Convention through which member states act together on matters related to measurement science and measurement standards.
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Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
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Gough Whitlam
Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975.
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Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
Imperial units
The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 and continued to be developed through a series of Weights and Measures Acts and amendments.
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International Bureau of Weights and Measures
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (Bureau international des poids et mesures, BIPM) is an intergovernmental organisation, through which its 59 member-states act on measurement standards in areas including chemistry, ionising radiation, physical metrology, as well as the International System of Units (SI) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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International System of Units
The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement.
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Joule
The joule (pronounced, or; symbol: J) is the unit of energy in the International System of Units (SI).
Julian year (astronomy)
In astronomy, a Julian year (symbol: a or aj) is a unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of SI seconds each.
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Kilo-
Kilo is a decimal unit prefix in the metric system denoting multiplication by one thousand (103). Kilometre and Kilo- are 1000 (number).
Kilogram
The kilogram (also kilogramme) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), having the unit symbol kg. Kilometre and kilogram are 1000 (number).
Length
Length is a measure of distance.
Light-year
A light-year, alternatively spelled light year (ly or lyr), is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and is equal to exactly 9,460,730,472,580.8 km (Scientific notation: 9.4607304725808 × 1012 km), which is approximately 5.88 trillion mi.
Metre
The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).
Metric prefix
A metric prefix is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or submultiple of the unit.
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Mile
The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards.
Mileage
Mileage is a distance measured in miles.
Millimetre
Different lengths as in respect to the electromagnetic spectrum, measured by the metre and its derived scales. The microwave is between 1 meter to 1 '''millimeter'''. The millimetre (international spelling; SI unit symbol mm) or millimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length. Kilometre and millimetre are 1000 (number), metre and orders of magnitude (length).
Nanometre
molecular scale. The nanometre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: nm), or nanometer (American spelling), is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one billionth (short scale) of a meter (0.000000001 m) and to 1000 picometres. Kilometre and nanometre are metre.
National Constituent Assembly (France)
The National Constituent Assembly (Assemblée nationale constituante) was a constituent assembly in the Kingdom of France formed from the National Assembly on 9 July 1789 during the first stages of the French Revolution.
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National Convention
The National Convention (Convention nationale) was the constituent assembly of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for its first three years during the French Revolution, following the two-year National Constituent Assembly and the one-year Legislative Assembly.
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Nautical mile
A nautical mile is a unit of length used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters.
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Noah Ngeny
Noah Kiprono Ngeny (born 2 November 1978) is a Kenyan former athlete, Olympic gold medalist at 1500 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and world record holder in the 1000 m. He also ran the second-fastest mile ever.
Odometer
An odometer or odograph is an instrument used for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle, such as a bicycle or car.
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.
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Orbital pole
An orbital pole is either point at the ends of the orbital normal, an imaginary line segment that runs through a focus of an orbit (of a revolving body like a planet, moon or satellite) and is perpendicular (or normal) to the orbital plane.
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Orders of magnitude (length)
The following are examples of orders of magnitude for different lengths.
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Parsec
The parsec (symbol: pc) is a unit of length used to measure the large distances to astronomical objects outside the Solar System, approximately equal to or (AU), i.e..
Pavel Kulizhnikov
Pavel Aleksandrovich Kulizhnikov (Павел Александрович Кулижников; born 20 April 1994) is a Russian speed skater.
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Philippine English
Philippine English (similar and related to American English) is a variety of English native to the Philippines, including those used by the media and the vast majority of educated Filipinos and English learners in the Philippines from adjacent Asian countries.
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Rieti
Rieti (Reate, Sabino: Riete) is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700.
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah.
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SI base unit
The SI base units are the standard units of measurement defined by the International System of Units (SI) for the seven base quantities of what is now known as the International System of Quantities: they are notably a basic set from which all other SI units can be derived.
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Speed skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates.
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Square kilometre
The square kilometre (square kilometer in American spelling; symbol: km2) is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area.
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Svetlana Masterkova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Masterkova (Светлана Александровна Мастеркова; born 17 January 1968) is a Russian former middle-distance runner and former women's world record holder for the mile and the current 1000 metres world record.
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Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
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Unit of length
A unit of length refers to any arbitrarily chosen and accepted reference standard for measurement of length.
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United States customary units
United States customary units form a system of measurement units commonly used in the United States and most U.S. territories, since being standardized and adopted in 1832.
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University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States.
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Utah Olympic Oval
The Utah Olympic Oval is an indoor speed skating oval located southwest of Salt Lake City, in Kearns, Utah.
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Vienna
Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.
Yard
The yard (symbol: yd) is an English unit of length in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement equalling 3 feet or 36 inches.
See also
1000 (number)
- A picture is worth a thousand words
- Chiliagon
- Indonesian 1,000-rupiah coin
- Kilo-
- Kilogram
- Kilometre
- Millennium
- Milli-
- Millimetre
- Millioctave
- One thousand origami cranes
- Per mille
- Savart
Metre
- Centimetre
- Decametre
- Decimetre
- Femtometre
- Hectometre
- History of the metre
- Kilometre
- Metre
- Micrometre
- Millimetre
- Nanometre
- Picometre
Orders of magnitude (length)
- Centimetre
- Decametre
- Decimetre
- Hectometre
- Kilometre
- Length scale
- Micrometre
- Millimetre
- Orders of magnitude (length)
- Picometre
References
Also known as Chilometre, Kilo meter, Kilo meters, Kilometer, Kilometers, Kilometrage, Kilometres, Klick (kilometer), Klick (unit of length), Km, .