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Princeton's WordNet

  1. decimeter, decimetre, dmnoun

    a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter

Wikipedia

  1. Decimetre

    The decimetre, or decimeter (American English), is a unit of length in the International System of Units, equal to one tenth of a metre, ten centimetres, 100 Millimetres, and 3.937 inches.The common non-SI metric unit of volume, the litre, is defined as one cubic decimetre, although, from 1901 to 1964, there was a slight difference between the two due to the litre being defined using the kilogram rather than the metre.

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  1. decimetre

    A decimetre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to 0.1 metre or 10 centimetres. It is often used in scientific and engineering contexts. The symbol for decimetre is dm.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Decimetrenoun

    a measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches

  2. Etymology: [F. dcimtre; pref. dci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + mtre. See Meter.]

Wikidata

  1. Decimetre

    A decimetre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one tenth of a metre, the SI base unit of length. In simple words, there are 10 decimetres in a metre. It can be written in scientific notations as 100×10^−3 m or 1 E-1 m — meaning 100 × 1 mm or 1 m / 10 respectively. The c is pronounced as /s/, unlike in decametre. The non-SI unit for volume, the litre, is defined as one cubic decimetre.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Decimetre

    des′i-mē-tėr, n. a measure of length equal to 110 metre.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of decimetre in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of decimetre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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