Dekameter Conversions

A dekameter (also spelled decameter) is 10 meters. It's an SI unit that is seldom used in practice, apart from some sports and forestry measurements.

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1 dam = 10 m

Convert dekameters to other units

Each line shows how much 1 dekameter (dam) equals. Select a conversion for a calculator, formula and table.

Metric (SI)

Dekameter to Meter10 m
Dekameter to Kilometer0.01 km
Dekameter to Hectometer0.1 hm
Dekameter to Decimeter100 dm
Dekameter to Centimeter1,000 cm
Dekameter to Millimeter10,000 mm
Dekameter to Micrometer10,000,000 µm
Dekameter to Micron10,000,000 µ
Dekameter to Nanometer10,000,000,000 nm
Dekameter to Angstrom100,000,000,000 Å
Dekameter to Picometer10,000,000,000,000 pm
Dekameter to Femtometer1 × 10¹⁶ fm
Dekameter to Fermi1 × 10¹⁶ fm
Dekameter to Attometer1 × 10¹⁹ am
Dekameter to Megameter0.00001 Mm
Dekameter to Gigameter1 × 10⁻⁸ Gm
Dekameter to Terameter1 × 10⁻¹¹ Tm
Dekameter to Petameter1 × 10⁻¹⁴ Pm
Dekameter to Exameter1 × 10⁻¹⁷ Em

Imperial & US customary

Dekameter to Inch393.701 in
Dekameter to Foot32.8084 ft
Dekameter to Yard10.9361 yd
Dekameter to Mile0.00621371 mi
Dekameter to Kiloyard0.0109361 kyd
Dekameter to Furlong0.0497097 fur
Dekameter to Chain0.497097 ch
Dekameter to Rope1.64042 rope
Dekameter to Rod1.98839 rd
Dekameter to Perch1.98839 perch
Dekameter to Pole1.98839 pole
Dekameter to Fathom5.46807 ftm
Dekameter to Link49.7097 li
Dekameter to Hand98.4252 h
Dekameter to Mil393,701 mil
Dekameter to Microinch393,701,000 µin

US survey units

Dekameter to Foot (US Survey)32.8083 ft (US)
Dekameter to Inch (US Survey)393.7 in (US)
Dekameter to Mile (US Survey)0.0062137 mi (US)
Dekameter to Mile (Statute)0.0062137 mi
Dekameter to League (Statute)0.00207123 lea
Dekameter to Furlong (US Survey)0.0497096 fur (US)
Dekameter to Chain (US Survey)0.497096 ch (US)
Dekameter to Rod (US Survey)1.98838 rd (US)
Dekameter to Link (US Survey)49.7096 li (US)
Dekameter to Fathom (US Survey)5.46806 ftm (US)

Nautical

Dekameter to Nautical Mile (international)0.00539957 NM
Dekameter to Nautical Mile (UK)0.00539612 NM (UK)
Dekameter to Nautical League (int.)0.00179986 NL
Dekameter to Nautical League (UK)0.00179871 NL (UK)

Astronomical

Dekameter to Astronomical Unit6.68459 × 10⁻¹¹ au
Dekameter to Light Year1.057 × 10⁻¹⁵ ly
Dekameter to Parsec3.24078 × 10⁻¹⁶ pc
Dekameter to Kiloparsec3.24078 × 10⁻¹⁹ kpc
Dekameter to Megaparsec3.24078 × 10⁻²² Mpc

Atomic & physics

Dekameter to A.u. of Length188,973,000,000 a₀
Dekameter to X-unit99,792,400,000,000 xu

Historical & cloth

Dekameter to Ell8.74891 ell
Dekameter to Cubit (UK)21.8723 cubit
Dekameter to Span (cloth)43.7445 span
Dekameter to Finger (cloth)87.4891 finger
Dekameter to Nail (cloth)174.978 nail
Dekameter to Barleycorn1,181.1 barleycorn
Dekameter to League0.00207124 lea
Dekameter to Arpent0.170877 arpent
Dekameter to Mile (Roman)0.00675765 m.p.

Typography

Dekameter to Pica2,362.2 pc
Dekameter to Point28,346.5 pt
Dekameter to Twip566,929 twip

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