decameter
Metric length unit
A decameter is ten meters, or about 33 feet.
The unit sees little practical use—too large for everyday measurements, too small for geographic ones.
Most people encounter it only in school when learning metric prefixes.
Also spelled dekameter.
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- millimeterThousandth of a meter
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distance
Space between two points
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Path or monitored route
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