Definition of "myriametre" []

• A unit of length of ten thousand metres, or ten kilometres. (noun)

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• "Wells of Moses, which are nearly a myriametre from the eastern coast, and"
• "This arrangement gives a certain force of hydrostatic pressure to the water with which the rice is irrigated, and the infiltration from these fields is said to extend through neighboring grounds, sometimes to the distance of not less than a myriametre, or six English miles, and to be destructive to crops and even trees reached by it."
• "This arrangement gives a certain force of hydrostatic pressure to the water with which the rice is irrigated, and the infiltration from these fields is said to extend through neighboring grounds, sometimes to the distance of not less than a myriametre, or six"