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hectometric

hectometric adjective: measured in hectometres.

Adjective

hectometric (not comparable)

  1. Measured in hectometres
    • In this work we study the characteristics of moving type IV radio bursts which extend to the hectometric wavelengths (interplanetary type IV or type IV IP bursts) and their relationship with energetic phenomena on the Sun.2016, Alexander Hillaris, Constantine Bouratzis, Alexander Nindos, “Interplanetary Type IV Bursts”, in arXiv

Origin of hectometric

From hecto- + -metric.

Questions about hectometric

What does hectometric mean?
Hectometric means measured in hectometres.
What part of speech is hectometric?
Hectometric is an adjective.

Words near hectometric in the dictionary

  1. hectolitres
  2. hectometer
  3. hectometers
  4. hectometre
  5. hectometres
  6. hectometric
  7. hectomillion
  8. hectomillionaire
  9. hectomillionaires
  10. hectomillions
  11. hectopascal

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