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Noun: hectometre  'hek-tu,mee-tu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: hectometer)
  1. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters
    "The race course was three hectometres long";
    - hectometer [US], hm [Brit]

Derived forms: hectometres

Type of: metric linear unit

Part of: kilometer [US], kilometre [Brit, Cdn], klick [informal], km

Encyclopedia: Hectometre