English > metric linear unit: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity| Meaning | A linear unit of distance in metric terms. |
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| Narrower | angstrom, angstrom unit, A | A metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron) |
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| centimeter, centimetre, cm | A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter |
| decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dam, dkm | A metric unit of length equal to ten meters |
| decimeter, decimetre, dm | A metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter |
| femtometer, femtometre, fermi | A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter |
| hectometer, hectometre, hm | A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters |
| kilometer, kilometre, km, klick | A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) |
| meter, metre, m | The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) |
| micron, micrometer | A metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter |
| millimeter, millimetre, mm | A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter |
| myriameter, myriametre, mym | A metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters |
| nanometer, nanometre, nm, millimicron, micromillimeter, micromillimetre | A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter |
| picometer, picometre, micromicron | A metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter |
| Broader | linear unit, linear measure | A unit of measurement of length |
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| metric unit, metric | A decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds) |
| Spanish | unidad de longitud |
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| Catalan | unitat de longitud |
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