Hectometre
Template:Infobox unit Template:Short description The hectometre (SI symbol: hm), spelled hectometer in American English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one hundred metres<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and to one tenth of a kilometre. The word comes from a combination of "metre" and the SI prefix "hecto-", meaning "hundred".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is not commonly used in English.Template:Cn A football field (either soccer or American football) is approximately 1 hectometre in length.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The hectare (ha), a common metric unit for land area, is equal to one square hectometre (hm2).
The hectometre has sometimes been used for expressing the distance to a target in warfare.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>