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About these units
Dekameter (dam)
A dekameter (sometimes spelled "decameter"), equal to ten meters, is another unit in the metric system that is infrequently used in everyday life. Its primary applications arise in surveying, topographic mapping, and environmental science. When measuring the heights of waves, depth increments in lakes, or widths of natural features like river channels, the dekameter provides a convenient scale—large enough to avoid cumbersome numbers yet small enough to maintain meaningful detail. While modern GPS and digital mapping tools often use meters directly, the dekameter persists in specialty fields that value standardized interval measurements. For example, contour intervals on geographic maps may be expressed in dekameters for uniformity. The unit's relative obscurity reflects the public's preference for units with intuitive relevance (like meters and kilometers), but its presence is nonetheless important in systematic metric progression.
Cubit (UK) (cubit (uk))
The UK cubit is a traditional English unit derived from the length of the forearm, roughly 0.4572 meters (18 inches). It was historically used in construction, land measurement, and woodworking, providing a human-scale reference for practical tasks before standardized units were widely adopted. In England, the cubit also played a role in surveying and architectural planning, often subdivided into smaller units such as hands or fingers for precision. Builders and craftsmen relied on the cubit because it allowed approximate measurement without instruments, a feature especially valuable in early medieval and pre-industrial periods. Although replaced by the foot and yard over time, the cubit remains an important historical reference for studying British architecture, surveying records, and early measurement systems.