A Doctor of Philosophy degree (often abbreviated Ph.D. , PhD, D.Phil. , or DPhil) or a Doctorate of Philosophy, from the Latin Doctor Philosophiae, is a type of doctorate awarded by universities in many countries. Doctor of Philosophy degree (often abbreviated Ph.D. , PhD, D.Phil. , or DPhil) or a Doctorate of Philosophy, from the Latin Doctor Philosophiae, is a type of doctorate awarded by universities in many countries.
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, or 10 chains. Using the international definition of the inch as exactly 25.4 millimetres, one furlong is 201.168 metres.
How many meters are in 1 kilometer? Officially, the definition of a meter is the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second. Therefore, the official definition of a kilometer is ten times that distance, which happens to be 1,000 meters. For a real world comparison, imagine Central Park in New York City. It is 849 meters wide â just short of a kilometer â and approximately 4 kilometers long.