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megametre

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A distance of 1,000 km.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Holonyms: gigametre < terametre < petametre
  • Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh2s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English metre English megametre From mega- + metre.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: megametri — distance of 1,000 km
  • Finnish: tuhat kilometriä — distance of 1,000 km
  • French: mégamètre — distance of 1,000 km
  • Greek: μεγάμετρο (megámetro) — distance of 1,000 km
  • Interlingua: megametro — distance of 1,000 km
  • Italian: megametro — distance of 1,000 km
  • Japanese: メガメーター (megamētā) — distance of 1,000 km
  • Korean: 메가미터 (megamiteo) — distance of 1,000 km
  • Lao: ເມກາແມັດ (mē kā mæt) — distance of 1,000 km
  • Portuguese: megâmetro — distance of 1,000 km
  • Romanian: megametru — distance of 1,000 km
  • Spanish: megametro — distance of 1,000 km
  • Swedish: megameter — distance of 1,000 km
  • Thai: เมกะเมตร — distance of 1,000 km
  • Vietnamese: megamet — distance of 1,000 km