Definition of Dekameter

1. Noun. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.

Exact synonyms: Dam, Decameter, Decametre, Dekametre, Dkm
Generic synonyms: Metric Linear Unit
Terms within: M, Meter, Metre
Group relationships: Hectometer, Hectometre, Hm

Definition of Dekameter

1. n. Same as Decameter.

Definition of Dekameter

1. Noun. A decameter / decametre. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dekameter

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dekameter

dejitterizer
dejitterizers
dejunk
dejunked
dejunking
dejunks
dek
deka-
dekagram
dekagrams
dekaliter
dekaliters
dekalitre
dekalitres
dekalogy
dekameter (current term)
dekameters
dekametre
dekametres
dekametric
dekare
dekares
dekastere
dekasteres
deke
deked
dekeing
dekes
deking
dekko

Literary usage of Dekameter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Higher Arithmetic by Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith (1900)
"0.0001 " 0.000001 " The square dekameter is also called an are; and since there are 100 square ... 1000000 " " dekameter = 1000 ..."

2. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"The multiples and subdivisions go by the cube of ten, which is a thousand ; thus, one cubic dekameter is equal to one thousand cubic meters, and one cubic ..."

3. Practical Arithmetic by David Eugene Smith (1905)
"A square dekameter is called an are (land measure). 100 ares .— 1 hektare (about 2.47 acres). Metric Cubic Measure A cubic ..."

4. Advanced Arithmetic by David Eugene Smith (1905)
"0.000001 " " The abbreviation sq. m. is often used for m2., sq. dm. for dm2., etc. A square dekameter is called an are (land measure). ..."

5. Junior High School Mathematics by Theodore Lindquist (1920)
"100 square meters = 1 square dekameter (Dm2.). ... A square dekameter is called an are. ... 1000 cubic meters = 1 cubic dekameter (Dm3.). ..."

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