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This will still have some arbitrary constant, much like the meter and the second.
by icebraining 8y ago
This will still have some arbitrary constant, much like the meter and the second.
- analog31 8y agoIndeed, it's not the arbitrariness that's going away, but the need for special artifacts such as the kg standard.
- JdeBP 8y agoOne can be even more specific: the need for the last remaining special artefact that is the kg standard.
- Patient0 8y agoFun fact: the metre was was originally defined to be 1/10 millionth the distance from the pole to the equator (so that the circumference of the Earth would be 40 million metres).