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Definition of Dekameters
1. dekameter [n] - See also: dekameter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dekameters
Literary usage of Dekameters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Academic Arithmetic by Webster Wells (1893)
"11 in. in dekameters. 29. Express 8 sq. yd. 5 sq. ft. 112 sq. in. in square meters.
30. ... 96 cu. ft. in cubic dekameters. 35. Express 8 Ib. 3 oz. ..."
2. The Gilbert Arithmetics by Charles H. Gleason, Charles Benajah Gilbert (1910)
"2. A square dekameter equals how many square meters ? 3. How many meters are
there in the perimeter of a rectangle 3 dekameters long and 2 ..."
3. Mechanics: A Textbook for Engineers by James Ellsworth Boyd (1921)
"Anyone will know that 20 dekameters is twice 10 dekameters, without having any
idea as to the size or nature of a dekameter. ..."
4. An Arithmetic for Upper Grades by John Henry Walsh (1908)
"How many decimal places are pointed off ? 5. How many square meters in a rectangle
44m x 25m ? 6. How many square dekameters in a rectangle 4.4Dm X 2.5Dm ? ..."
5. Pharmaceutical and Chemical Problems and Exercises in Metrology, Percentage by Oscar Oldberg (1892)
"Write in figures:—One-half kilometer, in dekameters. 47.—Write in figures:—One
thousand and five millimeters, in centimeters. 48. ..."
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