Definitions

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  • noun US A length of one trillion (1012) meters.
  • noun US Or, conventionally, the length of one billion (109) kilometers.

Etymologies

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tera- +‎ meter

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Examples

  • Subatomic particles scattered one to a cubic terameter—not much more closely.

    Dark Mirror Diane Duane 1993

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