"The metre is defined by the speed of light in vacuum"
The SI metre is defined as the distance light travels in vacuum in 1/299792458 of a second.
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Since the 1983 CGPM, the metre is defined by fixing the speed of light in vacuum at exactly 299792458 m/s. The metre is thus derived from the second and the defined value of c.
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