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Decametre
{
, Dec′a-meˊter
,Dec′a-meˊtre
}Noun.
A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.
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decametre
decametre
See also: décamètre and deca-metre
English
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Noun
decametre (plural decametres)
- (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 101 metres.
- (prosody) A line in a poem having ten metrical feet.
- (prosody) A poetic metre in which each line has ten feet.
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the length of 10 metres