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The spelling "decameter" (also dekameter) is a unit of length equal to 10 meters.(The similar term decimeter refers to 1/10 of a meter.)
Multiply by 100. 10 decimeters = 1 meters = 1/10 decameter
Either dekameter or decameter is used to mean a length of 10 meters. The deca- form is more often seen.It is used relatively rarely, as is the decimeter which is 1/10 of a meter.
a decameter
A kilometer is larger than a decameter.