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Significados de length unit en inglés

ruso
меры длины
portugués
unidade de comprimento
español
unidades de longitud
catalán
unitat de longitud

Way of measuring length or distance.

        unidades de longitud
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        Examples for "unit of length"
        Examples for "unit of length"
        1
        The basic unit of length is the nanometer: one-billionth of a meter.
        Nano
        2
        Such length being found, we divide it by ten, and thus obtain what is called the unit of length.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887
        3
        I remember it gave some tiny little units of length and time.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        4
        (An angstrom unit -A- is anexceedinglyshortunit of length-10billionths of a centimeter, or about 4 billionths of an inch.)
        Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War: Some Perspectives
        1
        It's the same unit of distance, just with a prefix.
        Wired
        2
        The figure shows it during four seconds, or any other unit , of time, and also for any unit of distance.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
        3
        I have reckoned the 'li,' the Chinese unit of distance, as equivalent to 0.26 of a mile.
        The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2
        4
        A parsec is a unit of distance, not time, so why would Solo use it to explain how quickly his ship could travel?
        Wired
        5
        For now, let me just say parsecs is a unit of distance where 1 parsec = 3.26 light years = 3.08 x 1016 meters.
        Wired
        1
        A quick note about the units - there are no distance units.
        Wired
        2
        With very large things it's often useful to use very large distance units.
        Wired
        3
        Let's go over the three most common distance units in astronomy.
        Wired
        4
        Here, the distance units are not meters.
        Wired
        5
        I am going to measure the gravitational field (g) using some arbitrary distance units (not meters).
        Wired