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Definition of Decametre

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

Definition of Decametre

1. Noun. (SI-unit deca metre length) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Decametre

Literary usage of Decametre

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

1. Land and Marine Surveying in Reference to the Preparation of Plans for Roads by William Davis Haskoll (1886)
"The very short length of this chain is somewhat against it, and, to overcome this objection, two decametre chains are very commonly fastened together ..."

2. Robinson's Progressive Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Theory of by Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish (1875)
"... One decametre x •, Two metres = 2 declares = A 0.2 I One decametre = 1 are or square metre = A 1. 'M 1.21 X JM 1.21 = A 1.4641 From these illustrations, ..."

3. The Progressive Higher Arithmetic: For Schools, Academies, and Mercantile by Horatio Nelson Robinson (1874)
"... A 0.04 ' One decametre = 2 declares = A 0.2 I One decimetre = 10 ... A 0.01 One decametre X \ Two metres = 2 declares = A 0.2 ' One decametre = 1 are or ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"decametre Ten metres. Metre One metre. Decimetre One-tenth of a metre. ... The instruments of long measure are—a double decametre, a decametre, ..."

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