Decimetre
Unit of length 1/10 of a metre
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A standard CD is 120 millimetres (1.2 decimetres) in diameter. | |
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Unit system | SI |
Unit of | length |
Symbol | dm |
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1 dm in ... | ... is equal to ... |
SI base units | 0.1 m |
imperial/US units | 0.32808 ft 3.9370 in |
Look up decimeter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
The decimetre (or decimeter in American English; symbol: dm), is a unit of length in the International System of Units, equal to one tenth of a metre, ten centimetres, one hundred millimetres, and 3.937 inches.[1]
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.
Markings of a ship's draft are shown in decimeters in most of the world.
See also
- Metric prefix
- Deci-
- Orders of magnitude (length) § 1 decimetre
- Conversion of units, for comparison with other units of length.
References
- ^ "decimeter - Dictionary Definition". Vocabulary.com. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
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From smallest to largest (left to right). Commonly used units shown in bold italics.
- quectometre (qm=10−30 m)
- rontometre (rm)
- yoctometre (ym)
- zeptometre (zm)
- attometre (am)
- femtometre/fermi (fm)
- picometre (pm)
- nanometre (nm=10−9 m)
- micrometre/micron (μm=10−6 m)
- millimetre (mm=1/1000 m)
- centimetre (cm=1/100 m)
- decimetre (dm=1/10 m)
- metre (m)
- decametre (dam=10 m)
- hectometre (hm=100 m)
- kilometre (km=1000 m)
- megametre (Mm=106 m)
- gigametre (Gm)
- terametre (Tm)
- petametre (Pm)
- exametre (Em)
- zettametre (Zm)
- yottametre (Ym)
- ronnametre (Rm)
- quettametre (Qm=1030 m)
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