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gigameter

gigameter is the US spelling of gigametre.

Meaning of gigametre

Noun

gigametre (plural gigametres)

  1. (UK) A distance of 1,000,000 kilometres.
    • Holonyms: terametre < petametre

Forms of gigameter

pluralgigameters

Origin of gigameter

From giga- + meter.

Questions about gigameter

What is gigameter the US spelling of?
Gigameter is the US spelling of gigametre.

Words near gigameter in the dictionary

  1. gigalightyears
  2. gigaliter
  3. gigaliters
  4. gigalitre
  5. gigalitres
  6. gigameter
  7. gigameters
  8. gigametre
  9. gigametres
  10. Gigaminx
  11. Gigaminxes

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