Petersson@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 hours agoHow long is a meter? (Only weird answers/definitions allowed)message-squaremessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareHow long is a meter? (Only weird answers/definitions allowed)Petersson@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 hours agomessage-square123fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareS_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 hours agoTake one liter of water at “room temperature” an aprox of 20 Celcuis degrees at one atmosfere pressure. Take a straight transparent tube of one centimeter inner thickness. Put the water in without spilling. Measue… A meter…
minus-squaregroet@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours agoThat’s wrong. The tube has a cross section of 0.25π cm² so your tube will be filled ~1,2732m high. Also as others have stated, if you can measure 1cm you already have a definition of a Meter.
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoAccidentally measured diagonally, now what
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 hours agoyou will have measured 1.00005 meters (sqrt(1+0.01²)), assuming your eyes are the best in the world.
minus-squarekureta@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agohow am I supposed to measure the inner thickness?
Take one liter of water at “room temperature” an aprox of 20 Celcuis degrees at one atmosfere pressure. Take a straight transparent tube of one centimeter inner thickness. Put the water in without spilling.
Measue…
A meter…
That’s wrong. The tube has a cross section of 0.25π cm² so your tube will be filled ~1,2732m high.
Also as others have stated, if you can measure 1cm you already have a definition of a Meter.
Accidentally measured diagonally, now what
you will have measured 1.00005 meters (sqrt(1+0.01²)), assuming your eyes are the best in the world.
how am I supposed to measure the inner thickness?