Hectometre - wikipedia Hectometre This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2013 ) Hectometre The Pyramid of Cheops is 138.8 metres high. Unit information Unit system metric Unit of length Symbol hm Unit conversions 1 hm in...... is equal to... SI units 7002100000000000000 ♠ 100 m imperial / US units 109.36 yd 3937.0 in Look up hectometre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The hectometre ( International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures ; SI symbol : hm ) or hectometer ( American spelling ) is an uncommonly used unit of length in the metric system, equal to one hundred metres. It derives from the Greek word `` ekato '', meaning `` hundred ''. A soccer field is approximately 1 hectometre in length. The hectare ( ha ), a common metric unit for land area, is equal to one square hectometre ( hm ). References See also Conversion of units SI units of length From smallest to largest ( left to right ). Commonly used units shown in bold italics. yoctometre ( 1 × 10 m ) zeptometre attometre femtometre picometre nanometre micrometre millimetre centimetre decimetre metre ( m ) decametre hectometre kilometre megametre gigametre terametre petametre exametre zettametre yottametre ( 1 × 10 m ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hectometre&oldid=803893538 '' Categories : Orders of magnitude ( length ) Units of length Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from July 2013 Articles needing additional references from April 2013 All articles needing additional references Pages using deprecated image syntax Talk About Wikipedia Aragonés Asturianu Català Deutsch Español Euskara فارسی Français Galego 客家 語 / Hak - kâ - ngî 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano ລາວ मराठी Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Shqip Soomaaliga Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Svenska தமிழ் Türkçe 粵語 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 5 October 2017, at 10 : 10. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: what does hm stand for in the metric system
Answer: hectometre