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Definition of Myriameter
1. Noun. A metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters.
Generic synonyms: Metric Linear Unit
Terms within: Kilometer, Kilometre, Klick, Km
Definition of Myriameter
1. n. A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand meters. It is equal to 6.2137 miles.
Definition of Myriameter
1. Noun. (alternative form of myriametre) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myriameter
Literary usage of Myriameter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Duties and Powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission: Hearings Before the by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States 58th Congress, 3d session, 1904-1905. Senate. [from old catalog] (1905)
"For each square myriameter we figure in our old Europe only 2.8 kilometers of
track, one-third less than in the United States. Among all the States of the ..."
2. Numbers Applied: A Complete Arithmetic by Andrew Jackson Rickoff (1886)
"in a myriameter (Mm.) ? In a (Km.) ? ... (Hm.) in a myriameter (Mm.) ? In a
Mometer (Km.) ? 4. How many Km. in a Mm. ? 5. What part of a m. is a decimeter ..."
3. A Mental Arithmetic: Based on Analysis and Induction by George Washington Hull (1896)
"myriameter? 2. Millimeters in a meter? Decimeter? Centimeter? 3. ... How many
mill's in a myriameter? 10. How many miles in 24 kilometers ? ..."
4. Numbers Applied: A Complete Arithmetic for Intermediate and Grammar Schools by Andrew Jackson Rickoff (1886)
"The names of the denominations may be readily learned by repeating only parts of
the names, thus: milli, centi, deci, meter, deka, hekto, kilo, myriameter. ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1866)
"... the new weights and measures to ом another, and to those at present in use
among us : Names. 1 myriameter 1 kilometer 1 hectometer 1 decameter 1 METER ..."
6. Higher Arithmetic by Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith (1900)
"A myriameter = 10000 meters. A kilometer (km) = 1000 " A ... A square myriameter =
100000000 square meters. ... A cubic myriameter = 1012 cubic meters. ..."
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