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Mètre

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The name given to the unit of length in the metric or decimal system, and equal to 39.37 English inches, the tenths, the hundreds, and the thousands of which are called from the Latin respectively decimetres, centimetres, and millimetres, and ten times, a hundred times, and a thousand times, which are called from the Greek respectively decamètres, hectomètres, and kilomètres.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mètre'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/matre.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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