The S.I. unit of length is meter (m). The 17th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), 1983 has defined the meter as: "The meter is the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 2997924581 of a second." Sub units of meter: (1) centimeter (cm), (2) millimeter (mm), (3) micrometer (μm) or micron, (4) nanometer (nm)
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Basics of standard unit of measurement
In ancient India length was measured using hand, muthi, fist etc, but measurement from it is not accurate, hence French created a standard unit of measurement called the metric system. Metric System is further classified to SI system (Standard International System) and CGS (centimeter, gram and second system). Foreg : In SI system,unit of length is metre denoted by "m" and 1m has 100 division. 1division =1cm(centimeter), which is the unit of length in CGS system.