length · International · Modern
SI base unit of length. Its definition fixes the speed of light in vacuum at exactly 299,792,458 m/s, with the second defined from the caesium-133 hyperfine frequency.
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Cicero
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Definition
One cicero = 12 Didot points, approximately 4.51 mm.
Documented range
Surviving evidence places one Cicero between 0 and 0 metres. It is recorded as a range because the documented values were not uniform.
History & use
The name comes from a type size associated with editions of Cicero; the term later became the larger unit of the Didot typographic system.
Modern use
Modern use is context-dependent and varies by region or measurement system.
Sources & evidence
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