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# decimeter

noun (decimeter, decimeters; British decimetre)

«decimeter» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A decimeter is a unit of length. A decimeter is 10 centimeters, and a meter is 10 decimeters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decimeter/#m1)
2. It is about the width of a grown-up's hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decimeter/#m2)

### In the lessons

maths: a metric unit of length; conversions to centimeters and meters (1 dm = 10 cm, 1 m = 10 dm); measuring with a ruler; science: metric units go up by 10s; everyday life: rarely used outside school

### Examples

- The pencil is 2 decimeters long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decimeter/#x1)
- 1 decimeter is 10 centimeters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decimeter/#x2)
- How many decimeters are in 3 meters? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decimeter/#x3)
- The ribbon is 15 decimeters long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decimeter/#x4)
- A ruler 30 cm long is 3 decimeters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decimeter/#x5)
- A hand is about 1 decimeter wide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decimeter/#x6)

### Note

A unit: 1 dm = 10 cm, 1 m = 10 dm. Trap: change all lengths to the same unit before adding or comparing. Short form dm. «Deci» means one tenth.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «decimeter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decimeter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«decimeter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/decimeter.html) on Mova free.