decimetre

See also: décimètre and deci-metre

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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French décimètre. By surface analysis, deci- +‎ metre.

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsɪmiːtəɹ/

Noun edit

decimetre (plural decimetres)

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹ metres. Symbol: dm
- 1956, C. van Duijn, Diseases of Fishes, page 149:
  If the aquarium is placed where it receives insufficient daylight, artificial lighting by means of ordinary incandescent lamps should be employed. For good plant growth 2 decalumens of luminous flux per square decimetre of water surface […]

Derived terms edit

cubic decimetre

Translations edit

one-tenth of a metre

Armenian: դեցիմետր (hy) (decʻimetr)
Belarusian: дэцыме́тр (decymjétr)
Bengali: দেসিমিটার (deśimiṭar)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 分米 (fan¹ mai⁵, fan¹ mai¹), 公寸 (gung¹ cyun³)

Hakka: 分米 (fûn-mí), 公寸 (kûng-chhun)

Hokkien: 分米 (hun-bí), 公寸 (kong-chhùn)

Mandarin: 分米 (zh) (fēnmǐ), 公寸 (zh) (gōngcùn)
Czech: decimetr (cs) m
Esperanto: decimetro (eo)
Finnish: desimetri (fi)
French: décimètre (fr) m
Galician: decímetro (gl) m
Georgian: დეციმეტრი (decimeṭri)
German: Dezimeter (de)
Greek: δεκατόμετρο (el) n (dekatómetro)
Hebrew: דצימטר (he) (detzimet'er)
Hindi: डेसिमीटर (ḍesimīṭar)
Hungarian: deciméter (hu)
Icelandic: desimetri m
Ido: decimetro (io)
Interlingua: decimetro
Italian: decimetro (it) m
Japanese: デシメートル (deshimētoru)
Kannada: ದೆಸೀಮೀಟರು (desīmīṭaru)
Khmer: ឌេស៊ិមែត្រ (desimaet)
Korean: 데시미터 (desimiteo)
Lao: ເດຊີແມັດ (lo) (dē sī mæt)
Latin: decimetrus
Lü: ᦵᦡᦌᦲᦶᦙᧆ (ḋesiimaed)
Macedonian: дециметар m (decimetar)
Malay: desimeter
Polish: decymetr (pl) m
Portuguese: decímetro (pt) m
Russian: дециме́тр (ru) m (decimétr)
Shan: ၻေသိမႅတ
Spanish: decímetro (es) m
Swedish: decimeter (sv)
Tagalog: desimetro
Telugu: డెసీమీటరు (ḍesīmīṭaru)
Thai: เดซิเมตร (th)
Ukrainian: дециме́тр m (decymétr)
Vietnamese: đêximet, đêximét (vi), đềximét, tấc (vi)

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decimeter