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Meaning of MEGAMETER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Me*gam"e*ter\, n. [Mega- + -meter: cf. F.
    m['e]gam[`e]tre.] (Physics)
    1. An instrument for determining longitude by observation of
       the stars.
    2. A micrometer. [R.] --Knight.
    
  2. \Meg"a*me`ter\, Megametre \Meg"a*me`tre\, n. [Mega- +
    meter, metre, n., 2.]
    In the metric system, one million meters, or one thousand
    kilometers.
    
 
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