A metric unit of length equal to one-tenth (10-1) of a meter.
decimeter
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dec·i·me·ter (dĕs'ə-mē'tər)  |
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IN BRIEF: A measure of length, equal to one-tenth of a meter.
The measurements for the new window frame were off by one decimeter, so the new window did not properly fit inside it.
| Wikipedia: Decimetre |
| SI units | |
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| 0.10000 m | 100.00 mm |
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| 0.32808 ft | 3.9370 in |
A decimetre (American spelling: decimeter, symbol dm) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one tenth of a metre, the current SI base unit of length. In simple words there are 10 cm in a decimetre. It can be written in scientific notations as 100×10-3 m (engineering notation) or 1 E-1 m (exponential notation) — meaning 100 × 1 mm or 1 m / 10 respectively. The c is pronounced as /s/, unlike in decametre. It should be noted that a cubic decimetre, which is a measurement of volume, is equivalent to one litre (other than between 1901 and 1964 where there was a slight difference between the two).
See also
- SI
- SI prefix
- deci-
- Metric system
- 1 E-1 m and Orders of magnitude (length)
- Conversion of units, for comparison with other units of length
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| Translations: Decimetre |
Français (French)
n. - décimètre
Deutsch (German)
n. - Dezimeter
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δεκατόμετρο, παλάμη
Português (Portuguese)
n. - decímetro (m)
Español (Spanish)
n. - decímetro
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - decimeter
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
公寸
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 公寸
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - עשרה סנטימטר, דצימטר
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- dm (abbreviation)
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