Definition:Dekametre
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Dekametre
The dekametre is a metric unit of length.
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 1\) | dekametre | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 10\) | metres | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 100\) | decimetres | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 1000\) | centimetres | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 10 \, 000\) | millimetres |
Also known as
The word dekametre is also spelt decametre, but that easily confused with decimetre and so is not preferred on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$.
The US spelling is dekameter or decameter.
Sources
- 1944: Alfred E. Holbrow: Geometrical Drawing (12th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Section $\text I$. Introduction