decimetre

/ ˌdɛsɪˈmɛtrɪk; ˈdɛsɪˌmiːtə /

noun

1. one tenth of a metre dm

Derived Forms

• decimetric, adjective

Example Sentences

And yet another: Although ExoMars will have a sizeable drill, it doesn't want to be probing through decimetres of dust, and there are places where Mars' ubiquitous "red dirt" is worse than others.

From BBC

Users with the right equipment can get fixes vertically and horizontally that are, in most instances, accurate to decimetres - certainly better than two metres.

From BBC

The litre is equal to a cubic decimetre.

From Project Gutenberg

The tax was at the rate of 5 centimes per sheet of 72 square decimetres or less for newspapers published in the departments of Seine and Seine-et-Oise, and 2 centimes for those published elsewhere.

From Project Gutenberg

The length of the index is about one decimetre.

From Project Gutenberg