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SI unit of length From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The hectometre, (SI symbol: hm[1]), spelt hectometer in American and Philippine English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one hundred metres[2] and to one tenth of a kilometre. The word comes from a combination of "metre" and the SI prefix "hecto-", meaning "hundred".[3] It is not commonly used in English.[citation needed] A football field (either soccer or American) is approximately 1 hectometre in length.[4][5] The hectare (ha), a common metric unit for land area, is equal to one square hectometre (hm2).
Hectometre | |
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![]() The Great Pyramid of Giza is 137.7 metres high, which is 1.377 hectometres. | |
General information | |
Unit system | SI |
Unit of | length |
Symbol | hm |
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1 hm in ... | ... is equal to ... |
SI base units | 100 m |
imperial/US units | 109.36 yd 3937.0 in |
The hectometer has sometimes been used for expressing the distance to a target in warfare.[6][7][8]
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