Hectometre

hectometre
The Great Pyramid of Giza is 137.7 metres high, which is 1.377 hectometres.
General information
Unit systemSI
Unit oflength
Symbolhm
Conversions
1 hm in ...... is equal to ...
   SI base units   100 m
   imperial/US units   328.08 ft

The hectometre (SI symbol: hm), spelt hectometer in American English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one hundred metres and to one tenth of a kilometre. The word comes from a combination of "metre" and the SI prefix "hecto-", meaning "hundred". It is not commonly used in English.[citation needed] A football field (either soccer or American football) is approximately 1 hectometre in length. The hectare (ha), a common metric unit for land area, is equal to one square hectometre (hm2).

The hectometre has sometimes been used for expressing the distance to a target in warfare.

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References

  1. ↑ "hectometre noun – Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com". www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Metric and SI Unit Prefixes". www.unc.edu. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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