Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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British spelling | Yes | No | No | No |
universal metre | Yes | No | No | No |
British spelling (noun) | universal metre (noun) |
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English orthography used in the UK, Ireland and most of the Commonwealth (characterized by 'analyse', 'centre' and 'useable') | 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. |