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-Dominant- [34]
3 years ago
8

What phenomenon in nature do scientists use to define the length of a meter? Why is this a better definition than “the length of

a standard meter stick”?
Chemistry
1 answer:
sergey [27]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

The natural phenomenon used to describe the length of a meter is the speed of light. The length of a meter is the length a light path travels in 1/(299792458) seconds through a vacuum.

The definition is better due to the uncertainty involved in the use of the length of a standard meter stick because the length of the meter stick could change due to atmospheric conditions from place to place

Explanation:

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