noun
- A metric unit of length equal to ten metres.
Usage: Also spelled decametre in British English.; Abbreviated as dam.; Part of the International System of Units (SI).
Examples
- The swimming pool is one dekametre long.
- A dekametre equals 10 metres or approximately 32.8 feet.
- The field measures 5 dekametres across.
- In scientific notation, a dekametre is written as 10¹ m.
- The distance was recorded as 2.5 dekametres.