Are metric measurements like decameters and hectometers ever used?
Are metric measurements like decameters and hectometers ever used?
I've learned about them in school, but I've never heard anyone say something is 8 decameters long or anything like that. I'm an American.
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In America, I've seen nurses and diabetics use deciliters in reference to medication or concentration before.
8 0 ReplyDeci is 0.1 and that gets used frequently, deka is 10 and never gets used at all, except in Austria when grocery shopping at the deli counter. 🤷
Hekto is 100 and similarly never gets used, not even by Austrians.
6 0 ReplyNorwegian here, hekto gets used when buying fresh meat or fish
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Deciliters are not infrequently used in recipes here as well. I've never seen decameters or hectometers used by anyone.
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