hectometer

especially British, hec·to·me·tre
Or hek·to·me·ter

[hek-tuh-mee-ter]

noun

1. a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. hm

Word History and Origins

Origin of hectometer¹

From the French word hectomètre, dating back to 1800–10. See hecto-, -meter

Example Sentences

Hauled along by a network of mag-beams converging from a score of space tugs came the Conference Disk, two hectometers in diameter and a decameter thick at its hub.

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