megâmetro

See also: megametro and megámetro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• megametro (obsolete)

Etymology

From mega- +‎ metro (“metre”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈɡɐ̃.me.tɾu/

• (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)

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

Further reading

• “megâmetro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “megâmetro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “megâmetro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “megâmetro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024