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Noun: decimetre  'de-su,mee-tu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: decimeter)
  1. A metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter
    "The aquarium was 5 decimetres deep";
    - decimeter [US], dm

Derived forms: decimetres

Type of: metric linear unit

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

Encyclopedia: Decimetre