The Meter Was Defined Originally as

question 38

Multiple Choice

The meter was defined originally as

• A) one ten-millionth of the diameter of Earth.
• B) one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole.
• C) the wavelength of a line in the spectrum of krypton-86.
• D) the length of a platinum-iridium bar.

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