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Noun: dekameter  'de-ku,mee-tur
Usage: US (elsewhere: decametre)
  1. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters
    "The pool length was exactly one dekameter";
    - decameter [US], decametre [Brit, Cdn], dekametre [Brit, Cdn], dam, dkm [Brit]

Derived forms: dekameters

Type of: metric linear unit

Part of: hectometer [US], hectometre [Brit, Cdn], hm [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Dekameter