<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">meters</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>size/dimension units for distance</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>metre</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>meter</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ The fundamental units of length in the metric system (International Systems of Units, SI), equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches. Defined as the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 second. Historically, the meter was defined by the French Academy of Sciences in 1791 as 1/10,000,000 of the quadrant of the Earth’s circumference from the North Pole through Paris to the equator.  ]]></note></mads>