What is hectometer?

hectometer (HM), or hectometer, as is usually spent in countries other than in the United States, is a unit of linear measurement, which is part of the international system of units (SI), which is derived from the original metric system. The hectometer equals 100 meters and is rarely used as a unit, although its derivatives are sometimes used, especially hectare, which is a unit of the area. The cubic hectometer is sometimes used as a unit of volume measurement, especially in a discussion of large amounts of standing or running water, such as tanks or rivers.

The term "hectometer", like most units in the SI system, is a composite word created from the base, in this case "meter" and prefix, "hecto". The "hecto" prefix is ​​used to indicate 10 2 , which means 100. Hectometer is 10 2 meters or 100 meters. In modern times, this unit has fallen out of normal use because the meter itself is used more often for less distance measurement and masters is usually used on V Vmore distances. The hectometer is one tenth of a kilometer and is more likely to be called it exactly than a hectometer.

, however, has a hectometer derived unit, a hectare that is still commonly used. The hectare is one square hectometer or a square that is 100 meters long on the side. This unit of the area is often used in a discussion of the size of different divisions of geography, such as the surface area of ​​the water body or the size of the field or other land. Even in the United States, which are still strongly relying on the old standard or English system, hectares are sometimes used to describe soil or open water area, although acre is becoming more common as a unit.

cubic hectometer (HM 3 is sometimes used as a unit of volume, usually in describing a large number of liquids such as the total volume of the lake or other water body. Sometimes it is also used to describe TThe eye of the river. The cubic hectometer is a cube, 100 meters on the side and equals one million cubic meters. However, it is not necessarily limited to the description of the volume of the liquid and can be applied equally to fixed volumes.