Definition:Metric System/Length/Hectometre

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Hectometre

The hectometre is a metric unit of length.

\(\ds \) \(\) \(\ds 1\) hectometre
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds 100\) metres
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds 10 \, 000\) centimetres
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds 100 \, 000\) millimetres


Symbol

$\mathrm {hm}$

The symbol for the hectometre is $\mathrm {hm}$:

$\mathrm h$ for hecto
$\mathrm m$ for metre.


Its $\LaTeX$ code is \mathrm {hm} .


Linguistic Note

The prefixes hecto- and hect- are from the Classical Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón), meaning hundred.


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