relating to or calculated by a decametre or measure equivalent to ten metres
2. astronomy
having or creating radio waves that have a wavelength that lies between ten and one hundred metres
decametric in American English
(ˌdekəˈmetrɪk)
adjective
(of a radio wave)
having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters
decametric wave
Also: dekametric
Word origin
[deca- + -metric]deca- is a combining form meaning “ten,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix deca- include: decahydrate, decahydronaphthalene, decamerous, decastyle, decasyllable; -metric is a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -meter (barometric) or -metry (geometric). Other words that use the affix -metric include: axonometric, clinometric, gravimetric, hygrometric, titrimetric
Examples of 'decametric' in a sentence
decametric
This spatial resolution should be at least decametric.
Driss Bru, Bertrand Lubac, Cassandra Normandin, Arthur Robinet, Michel Leconte, OlivierHagolle, Nadège Martiny, Cédric Jamet 2017, 'Atmospheric Correction of Multi-Spectral Littoral Images Using a PHOTONS/AERONET-BasedRegional Aerosol Model', Remote Sensinghttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/8/814. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, not all satellite images are suitable to detect the decametric-scale vegetation patches because of low spatial resolution.
Qingsheng Liu, Chong Huang, Gaohuan Liu, Bowei Yu 2018, 'Comparison of CBERS-04, GF-1, and GF-2 Satellite Panchromatic Images for Mapping Quasi-CircularVegetation Patches in the Yellow River Delta, China', Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/8/2733. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)