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Noun: decimeter  'des-i,mee-tur
Usage: US (elsewhere: decimetre)
  1. A metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter
    "The aquarium was 5 decimeters deep";
    - decimetre [Brit, Cdn], dm

Derived forms: decimeters

Type of: metric linear unit

Part of: m, meter [US], metre [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Decimeter