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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
decameter .
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- noun A
decameter /decametre .
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- noun a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
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Metric Lengths. -- 10 millimeters 1 centimeter, 10 centimeters 1 decimeter, 10 decimeters 1 meter, 10 meters 1 dekameter, 10 dekameters 1 hektometer, 10 hektometers 1 kilometer.
The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Joseph Triemens
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P.S. To answer our headline: A cubic dekameter is a metric unit of volume equaling 1000 cubic meters.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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