hectometres

Century of meters

Hectometres is the plural of hectometre, a metric unit equal to 100 metres.

The hectometre sees little practical use—distances are typically measured in metres or kilometres instead.

It occasionally appears in technical or scientific contexts where that specific scale is relevant.

Also spelled hectometers.

measurement

metres

SI length units

length · distance · scale · span · interval · range · extent · width · dimension · measure

athletics

sprint

Brief maximum-speed effort

  • relayStage-by-stage transmission
  • runnersThose who race on foot
  • trackPath or monitored route

stadium · heats · semifinals · finals · personal-best · stopwatch · medals · podium · coaches · training

metric

picometre

Trillionth of a meter

prefix · centi · kilo · mega · decimal · standardization

Opposites
measurement system

hectometresfeet

Lower limbs' ends

yards · furlongs · chains · fathoms · miles

scale/magnitude

hectometresnanometres

Billionths of a meter

picometres · millimetres · micrometres · kilometres · centimetres

Family

meter, meters, kilometer, centimeter, metre, metrics, metric, millimeter, metrical

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G