decametre

See also: décamètre and deca-metre

English

Alternative forms

(US) dekameter (recommended by NIST), decameter

Etymology

From French décamètre, or deca- +‎ metre

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkəmiːtə(ɹ)/

Noun

decametre (plural decametres)

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10¹ metres. Symbol: dam
(prosody) A line in a poem having ten metrical feet.
(prosody) A poetic metre in which each line has ten feet.

Synonyms

dam

Translations

the length of 10 metres

Chinese: 十米 (shí mǐ), 公丈 (gōngzhàng)
Finnish: dekametri (fi)
French: décamètre (fr) m
Galician: decámetro (gl)
Greek: δεκάμετρο n (dekámetro)
Interlingua: decametro
Italian: decametro (it) m
Khmer: ដេកាម៉ែត្រ (deekaa maet)

Malay: dekameter
Portuguese: decâmetro (pt) m
Russian: декаме́тр (ru) m (dekamétr)
Spanish: decámetro m
Tagalog: pulpanukat
Telugu: డెకామీటరు (ḍekāmīṭaru)
Vietnamese: đêcamet, đê-ca-mét, đề-ca-mét

Anagrams

decameter

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