length · France / Europe · Medieval–modern

toise

approx.

Record: M181
Definition quality: Historically documented
Conversion mode: multiplicative
Calculator: Approximately calculable

Definition

1 toise = 6 pieds du Roi; The Met gives ≈1.949 m.

Reference value

One toise is understood to be about 1.949 metres.

History & use

Used in French surveying, architecture, and scientific geodesy.

Modern use

Modern-use scope is context-dependent; the website should follow the record's current-status and regional/system labels rather than imply universal use.

Did you know?

The toise connected everyday building measurement with major Enlightenment-era scientific measurement.

Sources & evidence

Source tier Museum + primary dictionary · confidence High

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metre

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.