decimetre

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UK/ˈdɛsɪmiːtəɹ/

noun

An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹ metres. Symbol: dm

“Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre”

Similar
decimeterdm
OriginFrench décimètre →
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Meanings

noundecimetre (plural decimetres)

plural decimetres · alternative US decimeter · alternative dm · alternative ㍷ · alternative abbreviation decim

  1. metrologyAn SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹ metres. Symbol: dm

    Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre

    2 more examples

    Holonyms: metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre

    If the aquarium is placed where it receives insufficient daylight, artificial lighting by means of ordinary incandescent lamps should be employed. For good plant growth 2 decalumens of luminous flux per square decimetre of water surface […]

    1956, C. van Duijn, Diseases of Fishes, page 149

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
decimeterdm
Broader
metric linear unit
Also see
dm

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchdécimètre
  2. Englishdecimetre

Borrowed from French décimètre. By surface analysis, deci- + metre.

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Translations

Bengali দেসিমিটার
  • দেসিমিটার (deśimiṭar)one-tenth of a metre
Catalan decímetre
  • decímetreone-tenth of a metre
Chinese Cantonese 分米, 公寸
  • 分米one-tenth of a metre
  • 公寸 (gung¹ cyun³)one-tenth of a metre
Chinese Mandarin 分米, 公寸
  • 分米 (fēnmǐ)one-tenth of a metre
  • 公寸 (gōngcùn)one-tenth of a metre
Czech decimetr
  • decimetrone-tenth of a metre
Esperanto decimetro
  • decimetroone-tenth of a metre
Finnish desimetri
  • desimetrione-tenth of a metre
French décimètre
  • décimètreone-tenth of a metre
German Dezimeter
  • Dezimeterone-tenth of a metre
Greek δεκατόμετρο
  • δεκατόμετρο (dekatómetro)one-tenth of a metre
Hebrew דצימטר
  • דצימטר (detzimet'er)one-tenth of a metre
Hindi डेसिमीटर
  • डेसिमीटर (ḍesimīṭar)one-tenth of a metre
Hungarian deciméter
  • deciméterone-tenth of a metre
Icelandic desimetri
  • desimetrione-tenth of a metre
Italian decimetro
  • decimetroone-tenth of a metre
Japanese デシメートル
  • デシメートル (deshimētoru)one-tenth of a metre
Korean 데시미터
  • 데시미터 (desimiteo)one-tenth of a metre
Latin decimetrus
  • decimetrusone-tenth of a metre
Malay desimeter
  • desimeterone-tenth of a metre
Polish decymetr
  • decymetrone-tenth of a metre
Portuguese decímetro
  • decímetroone-tenth of a metre
Russian дециме́тр
  • дециме́тр (decimétr)one-tenth of a metre
Spanish decímetro
  • decímetroone-tenth of a metre
Swedish decimeter
  • decimeterone-tenth of a metre
Tagalog desimetro
  • desimetroone-tenth of a metre
Thai เดซิเมตร
  • เดซิเมตรone-tenth of a metre
Turkish desimetre
  • desimetreone-tenth of a metre
Ukrainian дециме́тр
  • дециме́тр (decymétr)one-tenth of a metre
Vietnamese đêximet, đêximét
  • đêximetone-tenth of a metre
  • đêximétone-tenth of a metre
  • đềximétone-tenth of a metre
  • tấcone-tenth of a metre
Cite this entry
APA

decimetre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decimetre

MLA

“decimetre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decimetre. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decimetre,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decimetre.

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