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METRE |
Metric measure |
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DECAMETRE |
A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters,
equal to about 393.7 inches. |
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MYRIAMETRE |
A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand
meters. It is equal to 6.2137 miles. |
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QUINTAL |
A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100
kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois. |
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MYRIALITRE |
A metric measure of capacity, containing ten thousand
liters. It is equal to 2641.7 wine gallons. |
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DECIMETRE |
A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a
meter, equal to 3.937 inches. |
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MILLIMETRE |
A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the
thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter. |
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DECA- |
A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric
System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times
the principal unit. |
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MYRIARE |
A measure of surface in the metric system containing ten
thousand ares, or one million square meters. It is equal to about 247.1
acres. |
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DECILITRE |
A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system;
one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid
ounces. |
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LITRE |
A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic
decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or
1.76 English pints. |
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DECALITRE |
A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic
volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is,
2.642 wine gallons. |
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STERE |
A unit of cubic measure in the metric system, being a cubic
meter, or kiloliter, and equal to 35.3 cubic feet, or nearly 1/ cubic
yards. |
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MILLIGRAMME |
A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the
thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of
water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois. |
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VAT |
...pecially, a
liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter
of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, ... |
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MILLILITRE |
A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing
the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal
to .061 of an Eng... |