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-as of [25 MARCH 2024]–
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*0.944 METERS*
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*THE MILE*
*1760 YARDS*
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*ABBREVIATION* ->
*YD*
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(the yard is an english unit of length, in both the ‘british imperial’ + ‘US customary’ systems of measurement)
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(it is by ‘international agreement’ in 1959 standardized as exactly ‘0.9144 meters’)
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(‘3 feet’)
(’36 inches’)
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(a ‘metal yardstick’ originally formed the ‘physical standard’ from which all other ‘units of length’ were officially derived in both ‘english systems’)
(in the ‘1800s’ + ‘1900s’, increasingly powerful ‘microscopes’ + ‘scientific measurement’ detected variation in these ‘prototype yards’ which became significant as technology improved)
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(in 1959, 5 countries agreetd to adopt the ‘canadian compromise’ value of ‘0.9144 meters’ = ‘1 yard’…)
*the ‘united states’*
*the ‘united kingdom’*
*’australia’*
*’new zealand’*
*’south africa’*
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