Thanks, it's been since high school (that is, more than 40 years) since I worried
about the decameter and hectometer.
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On 29 May 2010 02:44, Rich Alderson <RichA at vulcan.com> wrote:
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Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 2:52 PM
Andrew Burton [aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk]
wrote:
> Decimeter... haven't heard that in years.
There's decametre too (another now obsolete
unit). Never
heard centameter so I've no idea if that exists.
That's hektameter[1].
Hectometer.
.tsooJ