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Eh, I seriously doubt that we will be changing the distance a mile represents if, for some bizarre reason, a meter gets redefined. Likewise, pounds and gallons
by zdragnar 3mo ago
Eh, I seriously doubt that we will be changing the distance a mile represents if, for some bizarre reason, a meter gets redefined. Likewise, pounds and gallons and so forth. These measurements "defined in metric" is really more of a "formal conversion rate" ala converting between degrees F and C.
- Someone 3mo ago> if, for some bizarre reason, a meter gets redefined Miles, feet and yards were tied to the meter in 1893 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendenhall_Order https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendenhall_Order). The meter got redefined 3 times since then (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_metre#Summary_of_definitions_since_1798 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_metre#Summary_o...)