m
- noun
- Specialized
- I'll enter you in the 400m if you're interested.
- meter (m)
- m long
- height in m
Examples
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C and D Companies from 6 R.A.R. are 5,000m to the south.
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In the fall, the cars were lowered to about 2.4-3 m deep and maintained there until spring.
Academic text (1999) -
Models were created with layer heights of 100 m, 250 m, and 500 m.
Academic text (2015) -
Frozen sections were cut into 4 m sections and fixed in cold acetone for 10 minutes.
Academic text (2015) -
The particle size considered is 1 m, and the respiration rate is 30 L/min.
Academic text (2017) -
The force plate was built into a 6.5 m walkway covered with vinyl floor tiles.
Academic text (1999) -
Median elevation of definitively occupied sites was 29 m higher than that of relict sites.
Academic text (2017) -
No magnification was needed, for Goliath was hovering only 200 m above its ancient, battered surface.
Fiction book (1992) -
Of those from Ifanadiana, a coastal city at 450 m altitude, 94% used bednets.
Academic text (2012) -
The hiking trail is marked with signs every 100 m, helping us keep track of our distance.
Synonyms
A unit of length equal to one hundred centimeters
Compounds
- Specialized
An antibody found in the blood early in infection that fights germs and helps start longer protection
Surface Forms
Etymology
M as the symbol for the metre comes from the Greek root metron meaning 'measure', and it is simply the first letter of 'metre'. So people use m to show the basic unit of length.