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- noun metrology An
SI unit of length equal to 101metres .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
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Examples
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If you have a rope long enough, you can yourself make a decametre.
Chapter 4 1976
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In short (excuse the pun), for one reason or another users in the UK would be better served by a better dictionary of abbreviations than this; US users should be alerted to the fact that the text is British, unedited for American spelling: for ` decagramme, decalitre, decametre 'read ` decagram, decaliter, decameter.'
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3. How many millimetres are there in a decametre [can also be spelt [or spelled] with a ‘k’]?
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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3. How many millimetres are there in a decametre [can also be spelt [or spelled] with a ‘k’]?
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"Ten metres make a decametre, and one thousand metres make a kilometre, and ten thousand metres make a myriametre.
Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing Oliver Optic 1859
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