Comment on Are metric measurements like decameters and hectometers ever used?
guyrocket@kbin.social 1 year ago
Is deca-yards (decayards?) a word? Centayards?
If not, should they be words?
Comment on Are metric measurements like decameters and hectometers ever used?
guyrocket@kbin.social 1 year ago
Is deca-yards (decayards?) a word? Centayards?
If not, should they be words?
olicvb@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
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Seems like the closest to 10 units of yards is rope? Gunter’s chain?
sethboy66@kbin.social 1 year ago
Gunter's chain is 20.1m, so half a Gunter is approximately a decameter; a rope would be unwieldy as it'd be one and two thirds rope per decameter.