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The palm is an obsolete anthropic unit of length, originally based on the width of the human palm and then variously standardized. The same name is also used for a second, rather larger unit based on the length of the human hand.
Dekameter or decameter is a common metric unit of distance. It is equal to 10 meters or 32.8084 feet. Plural name is dekameters.