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a unit of length equivalent to the length of a free seconds pendulum; differs from the modern metre by half a centimetre, introduced by Tito Livio Burattini in 1675.
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- n. a unit of length equivalent to the length of a free seconds pendulum; differs from the modern metre by half a centimetre, introduced by Tito Livio Burattini in 1675.