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Wiktionary

  1. n. metrology An SI unit of length equal to 101 metres.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

Etymologies

  1. deca- +‎ metre (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “If you have a rope long enough, you can yourself make a decametre.”

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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.”

    Verbatim: VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 2

  • “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

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