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Re: What are units-of-measure? e.g., what's a "kilometer"?

• To: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@m...>
• Subject: Re: What are units-of-measure? e.g., what's a "kilometer"?
• From: Michael Day <mikeday@y...>
• Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 21:14:00 +1000 (EST)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0307172104290.16170-100000@l...>

> "The length of the Yangtze River is equal to the length of 6,300,000
> platinum metre rods placed end to end."

Oops, didn't answer the question:

> > What is a "kilometer"?

An abstract object with a length equal to that of 1,000 metres :)

Michael

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