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This is analogous to a measuring rod, which does not come in proportion to area of the building itself, so that one does not have an individual measure custom made for the building’s length and width. Only that with it one can measure all required measurements of length and width. While the measuring rod itself is only a short line that none the less includes any manner of measurements of length and width etc. As it is self-understood that if one is building a room ten meters by fifteen meters that it is not necessary to purchase a special ten-meter stick and another special fifteen-meter stick, but rather, a single measuring rod or tape is sufficient for all of ones measuring needs. Then, once one has a standard of measure, it is merely necessary to repeatedly lay the same rod down in the direction that one wishes to measure until one reaches the desired length. So that once one has established a standard of measurement, this then becomes likes a heyuli giving one the ability to measure any other length by either multiplying this basic unit or dividing it into smaller unit measures. This is the basic idea of any system of measurement, for example, the meter system has the meter as its standard of measure and with this one can measure any distance desired. In order to measure a larger distance than the meter one merely multiplies the meter, so that the kilometer is equal to one thousand meters - a convenient size for measuring distance for travel between cities or countries. Likewise, if one wishes to measure a smaller distance one needs only to divide the meter, so that the length of a piece of paper can be measured in centimeters (one hundredth of a meter), its width in millimeters (one thousandth of a meter) or micrometers (one millionth of a meter) and so on with any measurement no matter how small or how large and even area or volume (via square or cubic meters respectively). Now, the ability to make all of these measurements is included within the unit measure of the meter and, yet, the meter itself is only a small line and has no intrinsic relation to any of these particular sizes or distances.

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