decimeter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of decimeter
From the French word décimètre, dating back to 1800–10. See deci-, meter 1
Example Sentences
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The unit of volume for the purposes of the market is the liter, which is the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at its maximum density and is intended to be one cubic decimeter.
From The Style Book of The Detroit News by News, The Detroit
The number is written on the upper left corner and the pamphlets are arranged either in pamphlet cases with the books on the same subject or on special shelves divided every decimeter by perpendicular sections.
From A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library by Dewey, Melvil
Metric Lengths.--10 millimeters 1 centimeter, 10 centimeters 1 decimeter, 10 decimeters 1 meter, 10 meters 1 dekameter, 10 dekameters 1 hektometer, 10 hektometers 1 kilometer.
From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Triemens, Joseph
Five nickels in a row will give the length of the decimeter, and two of them will weigh a decagram.
From Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader by Hülshof, John L.
From its mass of greenery, huge globular fruit stood out, a decimeter wide and furnished on the outside with creases that assumed a hexangular pattern.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.
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