It is exactly one half of two meters.
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5 letters
‘a meter’
5 = 6 = 1m
Just about half as twice as much.
3 feet + a snickers bar
Or if I feel the need to be rude toward a man: 3 feet + your penis
The overall length of an M16A4
I didn't even know what a M16A4 is. Some US unit, right?
Yes, with the official M16A4 unit being defined as 1/100th the length between the goal lines of an American Football field.
It is a very US unit, yes.
You did ask for weird
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_rifle
39.37 in (1,000 mm) (M16A4)
I didn't know until today that it was exactly one meter long, though.
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Only weird answers?
The truth itself is weird: The meter is defined as the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 seconds.
Powers of ten my ass
The problem is that the meter is originally defined in terms of the size of the earth, which is in no way related to the speed of light.
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A bit shorter than a (parking) meter.
if the meter is dramatic, could be 5 feet.
Enough thread for 10 to 15 stitches.
It takes 20s for falling cherry blossom petal to travel.
Gas meter or water meter?
The carpet I'm standing on. No, I'm not giving you any pictures.
I think we can agree there are large and short meters. So everyone is right.
approximately 1.06 × 10⁻⁷ nanolightyears