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The foot (pl. feet; abbreviation: ft; symbol: ′, the prime symbol) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. Since 1959, both units have been defined by international agreement as equivalent to 0.3048 meters exactly. In both systems, the foot comprises 12 inches and three feet compose a yard.
Exameter or examatre is a unit of length equal to 1018meters. This unit is a combination of the metric prefix exa (E) and the SI unit of length meter (m) and its abbreviated as "Em". Plural name is exameters.