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Earlier it was decided that 1 metre is the lenght of the cylinder of platinum-irridium alloy kept at Zero degree Celsius in The international beaureau of weights and measures at Serves near Paris

Later the definition was changed as to the distance travelled by light in 1/299792458 sec in air or in vaccum.

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