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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish103•9 months agoEasy. Take a wire that is exactly 1 meter long. Form a circle from the wire. The circumference of that circle is 1 meter.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•9 months ago “exactly” uh huh. and how are you measuring that?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoScientists maybe, engineering is all about calling things close enough.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•9 months agoYou don’t need to, it’s defined. (Lol). If you take a circle with a circumference of 1, then its circumference will be 1… I think I might have lost some braincells reading this.
minus-square@Kill_John_LennonlinkEnglish3•9 months agoHe obviously meant to say how do you measure that it’s exactly 1m, even when still in a straight line. Exactly being the key word here.
minus-square@hesdeadjimlinkEnglish2•9 months agoBut is the circumference of the outer circle or inner circle 1m? The wire has a nonzero width.
minus-square@Blue_MorpholinkEnglish13•9 months agoI don’t have to measure it. I stick under glass and define it as the standard which all other measurements are derived from.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•9 months agoI will be measuring it in meters. One. There you go.
minus-square@RampantParanoia2365linkEnglish3•9 months agoExactly. Use a laser measure to cut a plank, then use that for reference!
Easy. Take a wire that is exactly 1 meter long. Form a circle from the wire. The circumference of that circle is 1 meter.
uh huh. and how are you measuring that?
Now the engineers and/or scientists are crying
Scientists maybe, engineering is all about calling things close enough.
You don’t need to, it’s defined. (Lol). If you take a circle with a circumference of 1, then its circumference will be 1… I think I might have lost some braincells reading this.
He obviously meant to say how do you measure that it’s exactly 1m, even when still in a straight line. Exactly being the key word here.
But is the circumference of the outer circle or inner circle 1m? The wire has a nonzero width.
I don’t have to measure it. I stick under glass and define it as the standard which all other measurements are derived from.
I will be measuring it in meters. One. There you go.
Ok, you got another source of water - physicists.
Plancks
Exactly. Use a laser measure to cut a plank, then use that for reference!
Laser Measure.
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