DIN-m^2
English translation: DIN m2
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| metric units are standard worldwide |
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| DIN-m2 DIN m2 Explanation: It's probably DIN 277: DIN-Norm DIN 277 dient zur Ermittlung von Grundflächen und Rauminhalten von Bauwerken oder Teilen von Bauwerken im Hochbau. Die Norm ist insbesondere bei der Flächenermittlung von Gebäuden mit mehreren Nutzungen anzuwenden. You shouldn't bring square footage into it - m2 is square meters. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_277 |
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| Reference: metric units are standard worldwide Reference information: Origin of “meter” and SI units: The metre, American spelling meter, (from the Greek noun μέτρον, "measure") is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The SI unit symbol is m.[1] The metre is defined as the distance traveled by light in a specific fraction – about one three-hundred millionths – of a second.[2] : Metre is the standard spelling of the metric unit for length in all English-speaking nations except the USA, which uses meter. [3] Measuring devices (such as ammeter, speedometer) are spelled "-meter" in all countries.[4] The word "meter", signifying any such device, has the same derivation as the word "metre", denoting the unit of length.[ : The etymological roots of metre can be traced to the Greek verb μετρέω (metreo) (to measure, count or compare) and noun μέτρον (metron) (a measure), which were used for physical measurement, for poetic metre and by extension for moderation or avoiding extremism (as in "be measured in your response"). : The metre is the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299792458 of a second. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre The International System of Units (French: Système International d'Unités, SI) is the modern form of the metric system, and is the most widely used system of measurement. It comprises a coherent system of units of measurement built on seven base units. : At the end of the Second World War, a number of different systems of measurement were in use throughout the world. Some of these systems were metric system variations, whereas others were based on customary systems of measure. In 1948, after representations by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and by the French Government, the 9th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) asked the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) to conduct an international study of the measurement needs of the scientific, technical, and educational communities and "to make recommendations for a single practical system of units of measurement, suitable for adoption by all countries adhering to the Metre Convention" : SI has become the world's most widely used system of measurement, used in both everyday commerce and science. : By 1980 all apart from the United Kingdom, Canada and Ireland had effectively completed their programs. (Note: to adopt metric units) : On 10 February 1964, the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology) issued a statement that it was to use SI except where this would have an obvious detrimental effect. In 1968 Congress authorised the U.S. Metric Study the emphasis of which was to examine the feasibility of adopting SI.[81] The first volume was delivered in 1970.[82] The study recommended that the United States adopt the International System of units,[83] and in 1975 Congress passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 which established a national policy of coordinating and planning for the increased use of the metric measurement system in the United States.[84] Metrication was voluntary and to be coordinated by the United States Metric Board (USMB). … The 1988 Omnibus Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act removed international trade barriers and amended the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, designating the metric system as "the Preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units#... |
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