metric linear unit

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metric linear unit - a linear unit of distance in metric termslinear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of lengthmetric unit, metric - a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds); "convert all the measurements to metric units"; "it is easier to work in metric"femtometer, femtometre, fermi - a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a metermicromicron, picometer, picometre - a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meterA, 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 radiationmicromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm - a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a metermicrometer, micron - a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a metermillimeter, millimetre, mm - a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a metercentimeter, centimetre, cm - a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meterdecimeter, decimetre, dm - a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meterm, meter, metre - the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm, dam - a metric unit of length equal to ten metershectometer, hectometre, hm - a metric unit of length equal to 100 meterskilometer, 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