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METRIC LINEAR UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A linear unit of distance in metric terms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("metric linear unit" is a kind of...):
linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)
metric; metric unit (a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "metric linear unit"):
femtometer; femtometre; fermi (a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter)
micromicron; picometer; picometre (a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter)
A; angstrom; angstrom unit (a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation)
micromillimeter; micromillimetre; millimicron; nanometer; nanometre; nm (a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter)
micrometer; micron (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)
centimeter; centimetre; cm (a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter)
decimeter; decimetre; dm (a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter)
m; meter; metre (the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards))
dam; decameter; decametre; dekameter; dekametre; dkm (a metric unit of length equal to ten meters)
hectometer; hectometre; hm (a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters)
kilometer; kilometre; klick; km (a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles))
mym; myriameter; myriametre (a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters)
