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12 words match “METRE”

METRE n.
See Meter.
CENTIMETER; CENTIMETRE n.
The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See Meter.
DECAMETER; DECAMETRE n.
A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.
DECIMETER; DECIMETRE n.
A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.
HECTOMETER; HECTOMETRE n.
A measure of length, equal to a hundred meters. It is equivalent to 328.09 feet.
KILOGRAMMETER; KILOGRAMMETRE n.
A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris.
KILOMETER; KILOMETRE n.
A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.
MEGAMETER; MEGAMETRE n.
In the metric system, one million meters, or one thousand kilometers.
METER; METRE n. 3 definitions
Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter. The only strict antithesis to prose is meter. Wordsw…
MILLIMETER; MILLIMETRE n.
A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter.
MYRIAMETER; MYRIAMETRE n.
A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand meters. It is equal to 6.2137 miles.
TENTHMETER; TENTHMETRE n.
A unit for the measurement of many small lengths, such that 1010 of these units make one meter; the ten millionth part of a millimeter.