decimetre

See also: décimètre

English

Alternative forms

• (US) decimeter

Etymology

From French décimètre, deci- +‎ metre

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsɪmiːtə(ɹ)/

Noun

decimetre (plural decimetres)

1. (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹ metres.
   • 1956, C. van Duijn, Diseases of Fishes, page 149:

     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 […]

Synonyms

• dm

Translations

one-tenth of a metre

• Armenian: դեցիմետր (decʿimetr)
• Chinese: ^{(please verify)} 分米 (fēnmǐ), ^{(please verify)} 公寸 (gōngcùn) (used in Taiwan)
• Czech: decimetr (cs) m
• Esperanto: decimetro
• Finnish: desimetri
• French: décimètre (fr) m
• Galician: decímetro m
• German: Dezimeter (de)
• Greek: δεκατόμετρο (el) n (dekatómetro)
• Hebrew: דצימטר (detzimet'er)
• Hungarian: deciméter (hu)
• Ido: decimetro (io)
• Interlingua: decimetro

• Italian: decimetro (it) m
• Japanese: デシメートル (deshimētoru)
• Lao: ເດຊີແມັດ (lo) (dē sī mæt)
• Latin: decimetrus
• Malay: desimeter
• Polish: decymetr m
• Portuguese: decímetro (pt) m
• Russian: дециметр (ru) m (decimétr)
• Spanish: decímetro (es) m
• Swedish: decimeter (sv)
• Telugu: డెసీమీటరు (ḍesīmīṭaru)
• Vietnamese: đêximet

Anagrams

• decimeter