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Meaning of DECAMETER

Pronunciation:  'deku`meetur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
 
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 Synonyms: dam, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm
 
 See Also: hectometer, hectometre, hm, m, meter, metre, metric linear unit

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dec"a*me`ter\, Decametre \Dec"a*me`tre\, n. [F.
d['e]cam[`e]tre; Gr. de`ka ten + m[`e]tre. See {Meter}.]
A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal
to about 393.7 inches.
 
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