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Noun: cubic decimeter
Usage: US (elsewhere: cubic decimetre)
  1. A metric unit of volume equal to 1000 cubic centimeters (approximately 1.76 imperial pints or 2.11 US fluid pints)
    "The container held exactly one cubic decimeter of water";
    - liter [US], litre [Brit, Cdn], l, cubic decimetre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: cubic decimeters

Type of: metric capacity unit

Part of: dal, decaliter [US], decalitre [Brit, Cdn], dekaliter [US], dekalitre [Cdn], dkl

Encyclopedia: Cubic decimeter