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Are
noun · 78% connection
The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square y…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Barleycorn
noun · 78% connection
Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Boomerang
noun · 78% connection
A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Decalitre
noun · 78% connection
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 gall…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Decastere
noun · 78% connection
A measure of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Decilitre
noun · 78% connection
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.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Decimetre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Dimension
noun · 78% connection
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Finger
noun · 78% connection
The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domesti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Inch
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechani…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
International System
noun · 78% connection
a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
International System of Units
noun · 78% connection
a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and tim…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Isometry
noun · 78% connection
a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points; "the isom…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Kilometre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
League
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Link
noun · 78% connection
The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Litre
noun · 78% connection
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 En…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
Megametre
noun · 78% connection
In the metric system, one million meters, or one thousand kilometers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, metric, system, meters.
