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decameter

decameter

6.8
A unit of length that is ten meters long
  • noun
  • /ˈdɛkəˌmiːtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : decámetro
  • One decameter is equivalent to ten meters.

Examples

  • The river widened by several decameters after the heavy rains.

  • The field measures exactly 10 decameters in length.

  • In some scientific fields, using the decameter as a unit can simplify large-scale measurements.

  • The new track is exactly one decameter long, making it easy to measure sprint distances.

  • The new track is exactly one decameter long, making it easy to measure sprint distances.

  • The field measures exactly 10 decameters in length.

  • One decameter is equivalent to ten meters.

Synonyms

dam
vsdecameter
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A unit of length equal to ten metres

is the full word form rather than the short abbreviation
dekameter
vsdecameter
  • Specialized
7.9

A unit of length equal to ten meters

is spelled with c rather than k in this orthographic form
dekametre
vsdecameter
  • UK
8.1

A unit of length equal to ten metres

is spelled with c and American meter form rather than British metre

Surface Forms

decameter singular
decameters plural

Morphology

decameter = meter (transparent) = deca + meter

The meaning is directly compositional: 'deca-' means ten and 'meter' is a unit of length, so the whole word means ten meters.

Etymology

Decameter comes from two parts: deca- meaning 'ten', as in decade, and meter meaning 'measure' or 'measure of length', the same 'meter' in the unit meter. So a decameter is simply a length of ten meters.