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formally defined in 1799, the
myriametre (10000 metres) was
preferred to the "kilometre" for
everyday use. The term "
myriamètre"
appeared a
number of times...
- The
following are
examples of
orders of
magnitude for
different lengths. To help
compare different orders of magnitude, the
following list
describes various...
- use – the
myriametre (10,000 metres) and
myriametre per hour were
preferred to
kilometres and
kilometres per hour. In 1802 the term "
myriamètres par heure"...
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radio navigation. Also
known as the
myriametre band or
myriametre wave as the
wavelengths range from ten to one
myriametre (an
obsolete metric unit
equal to...
- transmitted, such as for
radio navigation. Also
known as the
myriametre band or
myriametre wave as the
wavelengths range from 100 km to 10 km (an obsolete...
- 000 ft),
equivelant to the
modern Scandinavian mile and
obsolete metric myriametre. An
Islamic folk
character hu:Farsang, a
Hungarian carnival that precedes...
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greater than the toise, but the
myriametre remained in use
throughout this period. In
Sweden and Norway, the
myriametre is
still common in
everyday use...
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modern definition of 10
kilometres (km) is
equivalent to the
obsolete myriametre,
which was once used in France. The
Danish mile was
defined as 7,532.4 m...
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today Still commonly used today, e.g. for road distances;
equates to the
myriametre 10,044 große
Meile (great mile)
Westphalia Obsolete German units of measurement...
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Distance marker on the
Rhine at Rüdesheim: 36 (****VI)
myriametres from Basel. The
stated distance is 360 km; the
decimal mark in
Germany is a comma....
