decimeter

American  

[des-uh-mee-ter] / ˈdɛs əˌmi tər /

especially British, decimetre

noun

1. a unit of length equal to 1/10 (0.1) meter. dm

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Etymology

Origin of decimeter

From the French word décimètre, dating back to 1800–10. See deci-, meter ¹

Example Sentences

Of this rock here is a solid decimeter; let us get at its weight, and we shall have the key which will unlock the problem of the whole weight of Gallia.

From Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Verne, Jules

From its mass of greenery, huge globular fruit stood out, a decimeter wide and furnished on the outside with creases that assumed a hexangular pattern.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.

The number is written on the upper left corner and the pamphlets are arranged either in pamphlet cases with the books on the same subject or on special shelves divided every decimeter by perpendicular sections.

From A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library by Dewey, Melvil

Why, that the density of Gallia is just about double the density of the earth, which we know is only five kilogrammes to a cubic decimeter.

From Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Verne, Jules

Five of them placed in a row will, of course, give the length of the decimeter; and two of them will weigh a decagram.

From Harper's Young People, April 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various