METRIC LINEAR UNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metric linear unit mean? 

• METRIC LINEAR UNIT (noun)
  The noun METRIC LINEAR UNIT has 1 sense:

1. a linear unit of distance in metric terms

  Familiarity information: METRIC LINEAR UNIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METRIC LINEAR UNIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A linear unit of distance in metric terms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("metric linear unit" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)

metric; metric unit (a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "metric linear unit"):

femtometer; femtometre; fermi (a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter)

micromicron; picometer; picometre (a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter)

A; angstrom; angstrom unit (a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation)

micromillimeter; micromillimetre; millimicron; nanometer; nanometre; nm (a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter)

micrometer; micron (a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter)

millimeter; millimetre; mm (a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter)

centimeter; centimetre; cm (a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter)

decimeter; decimetre; dm (a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter)

m; meter; metre (the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards))

dam; decameter; decametre; dekameter; dekametre; dkm (a metric unit of length equal to ten meters)

hectometer; hectometre; hm (a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters)

kilometer; kilometre; klick; km (a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles))

mym; myriameter; myriametre (a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters)