hectometre

Questions about hectometre

What does hectometre mean?

hectometre means "a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters".

How many syllables are in hectometre?

hectometre has 3 syllables: hec-to-metre. The stress falls on "hec".

What is another word for hectometre?

Close synonyms include hectometer, hm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hectometre a common word?

hectometre is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.