linear unit - a unit of measurement of length

metric unit, metric - a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds); "convert all the measurements to metric units"; "it is easier to work in metric"

femtometer, femtometre, fermi - a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter

micromicron, picometer, picometre - a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter

angstrom, angstrom unit, A - a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm - a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter

micron, micrometer - a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter

millimeter, millimetre, mm - a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter

centimeter, centimetre, cm - a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter

decimeter, decimetre, dm - a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter

m, meter, metre - the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm, dam - a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

hectometer, hectometre, hm - a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters

kilometer, kilometre, klick, km - a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)

mym, myriameter, myriametre - a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters