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Definition of Decameter
1. Noun. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
Generic synonyms: Metric Linear Unit
Terms within: M, Meter, Metre
Group relationships: Hectometer, Hectometre, Hm
Definition of Decameter
1. n. A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.
Definition of Decameter
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of decametre) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decameter
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Decameter
1. Ten meters. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decameter
Literary usage of Decameter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rider's Little Engineer: A Pocket-book of Engineering and Other Data by Joseph Benjamin Rider (1901)
"... In France the "are" or square decameter is the unit °f square or land measure
and the following table is used : Table No. ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1866)
"1 decameter equal to 119.00 square yards. ... 1 cubic decameter 1 cubic METER 1
cubic decimeter 1 cubic centimeter ..."
3. A Mental Arithmetic: Based on Analysis and Induction by George Washington Hull (1896)
"Decimeter? Centimeter? 3. Centimeters in a meter? decameter? Hectometer? 4.
Decimeters in a meter? decameter? Kilometer? 5. decameters in a hectometer? ..."
4. Outlines of the Evolution of Weights and Measures and the Metric System by William Hallock, Herbert Treadwell Wade (1906)
"Number of Square Abbreviation. Meters. Square kilometer, - km2. 1000000m2.
Hectar (square hectometer), ha. — hm2. 10000m2. Ar (square decameter), - a. ..."
5. The Public School Arithmetic, Based on McLellan and Dewey's "Psychology of by James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames (1897)
"Again, 1 decameter is equal to 10 meters, and 1 hectometer to 10 decameters.
Hence we can write 1 hectometer, 1 decameter, 1 meter, 1 decimeter, ..."
6. A Complete Arithmetic: With Oral and Written Exercises by George Washington Hull (1895)
"decameter? Decimeter? 3. Centimeters in a meter ? Hectometer ? Kilometer ? 4.
... decameter? Hectometer? 5. What is measured by the meter? Kilometer? ..."
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