megâmetro

See also: megametro and megámetro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

megametro (obsolete)

Etymology

From mega- +‎ metro (“metre”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈɡɐ̃.me.tɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈɡɐ.me.tɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈɡɐ.mɨ.tɾu/ [mɨˈɣɐ.mɨ.tɾu]

Rhymes: -ɐmɨtɾu
Hyphenation: me‧gâ‧me‧tro

Noun

megâmetro m (plural megâmetros)

megametre (a distance of 1,000 km)
an instrument for measuring angular distance between astronomical objects
an instrument for measuring great distances at sea

Further reading

“megâmetro” in iDicionário Aulete.
“megâmetro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“megâmetro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“megâmetro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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