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The standard unit for measuring length and distance is the meter (m) in the metric system.
kilometre (km)
'km' stands for kilometers and is a measure of length or distance in the metric system. One km equates to about 0.621 mile.
The unit for measuring length in the U.S. is inches or feet. Sometimes centimeters as well.
Width is a length or distance. The unit of length is the meter.
By unit of length and distance and conversion ,we can say that the unit used for measuring length is m,cm,km,hm,dm,etc.
2.18723 yard ------------------------- A meter IS a measure of distance, the international standard unit for measuring length or distance.
The shortest SI unit of length is a yoctometre - there are 1000000000000000000000000 of them in one metre.
The 'kilometer' is a unit of length or distance in the metric system.
The metre (meter in the USA) is the base unit of length in the metric system. It is equal to the distance light travels in a vacuum in a time interval of 1/299792458 of a second.
The English unit of length is the yard, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches. It is commonly used for measuring smaller distances in the United States and the United Kingdom.
The most appropriate unit of length for measure the distance between Las Vegas and Los Angeles would be either miles or kilometers.