"decametre" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛkəmiːtə(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: decametres [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French décamètre. Equivalent to deca- + metre. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|décamètre}} French décamètre, {{affix|en|deca-|metre}} deca- + metre Head templates: {{en-noun}} decametre (plural decametres)
  1. (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10¹ metres. Symbol: dam Categories (topical): Metrology, SI units Translations (the length of 10 metres): дэкаметр (dekamjetr) [masculine] (Belarusian), ডেকামিটার (ḍekamiṭar) (Bengali), 十米 (shímǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 公丈 (gōngzhàng) (Chinese Mandarin), decameter [masculine] (Dutch), dekametri (Finnish), décamètre [masculine] (French), decámetro (Galician), დექამეტრი (dekameṭri) (Georgian), Dekameter [masculine] (German), δεκάμετρο (dekámetro) [neuter] (Greek), डेकामीटर (ḍekāmīṭar) (Hindi), decametro (Interlingua), decametro [masculine] (Italian), デカメートル (Japanese), ದೆಕಾಮೀಟರು (dekāmīṭaru) (Kannada), ដេកាម៉ែត្រ (deekaa maet) (Khmer), 데카미터 (dekamiteo) (Korean), ເດກາແມັດ (dē kā mæt) (Lao), ເດກາເມັດ (dē kā met) (Lao), ᦵᦡᦂᦱᦙᦶᧆ (ḋek̇aamaed) (), ᦵᦡᦂᦱᦙᦵᧆ (ḋek̇aamed) (), декаметар (dekametar) [masculine] (Macedonian), dekameter (Malay), ഡെകാമിറ്റർ (ḍekāmiṟṟaṟ) (Malayalam), dekametr [masculine] (Polish), decâmetro [masculine] (Portuguese), декаме́тр (dekamétr) [masculine] (Russian), ၻေၵၢမဵတ (Shan), decámetro [masculine] (Spanish), dekameter [common-gender] (Swedish), dekametro (Tagalog), డెకామీటరు (ḍekāmīṭaru) (Telugu), เดคาเมตร (Thai), đêcamet (Vietnamese), đê-ca-mét (Vietnamese), đề-ca-mét (Vietnamese)
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  2. (prosody) A line in a poem having ten metrical feet. Categories (topical): Prosody
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  3. (prosody) A poetic metre in which each line has ten feet. Categories (topical): Prosody
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dam, dekameter (english: recommended by NIST) [US], decameter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
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      "word": "ডেকামিটার"
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      "word": "十米"
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      "word": "公丈"
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      "word": "dekametri"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "decámetro"
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      "roman": "dekameṭri",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "დექამეტრი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "ḍekāmīṭar",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "डेकामीटर"
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      "word": "decametro"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "デカメートル"
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      "roman": "dekāmīṭaru",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "ದೆಕಾಮೀಟರು"
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      "code": "km",
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      "roman": "deekaa maet",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "ដេកាម៉ែត្រ"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dekamiteo",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "데카미터"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "dē kā mæt",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "ເດກາແມັດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "dē kā met",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "ເດກາເມັດ"
    },
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      "roman": "ḋek̇aamaed",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "ᦵᦡᦂᦱᦙᦶᧆ"
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      "roman": "ḋek̇aamed",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "ᦵᦡᦂᦱᦙᦵᧆ"
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      "roman": "dekametar",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "декаметар"
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      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "dekameter"
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    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ḍekāmiṟṟaṟ",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "ഡെകാമിറ്റർ"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dekametr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "decâmetro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dekamétr",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "декаме́тр"
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      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "ၻေၵၢမဵတ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "decámetro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dekameter"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "dekametro"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ḍekāmīṭaru",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "డెకామీటరు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "เดคาเมตร"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "đêcamet"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "đê-ca-mét"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the length of 10 metres",
      "word": "đề-ca-mét"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decametre"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": dekámetro vs. dekámetro",
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