1. A unit of length equal to 100 metres.
Usage: Also spelled hectometer in U.S. English.; Metric unit; commonly used in surveying and land measurement.

Examples

• The field measured approximately 5 hectometres in length.
• A hectometre is equal to 328 feet.
• The surveyor marked the property boundary at 2 hectometres from the road.
• In metric terms, a hectometre represents one-tenth of a kilometre.
• The distance between the two villages was roughly 15 hectometres.