DECIMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decimeter mean? 

• DECIMETER (noun)
  The noun DECIMETER has 1 sense:

1. a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter

  Familiarity information: DECIMETER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECIMETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

decimeter; decimetre; dm

Hypernyms ("decimeter" is a kind of...):

metric linear unit (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)

Meronyms (parts of "decimeter"):

centimeter; centimetre; cm (a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter)

Holonyms ("decimeter" is a part of...):

m; meter; metre (the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards))

 Context examples 

Their findings contrast with previous discoveries that oxygen was absent from all but the top few millimeters to decimeters of sediment in biologically productive regions of the ocean.

(No limit to life in deep sediment of ocean's "deadest" region, NSF)

One liter is equal to cubic decimeter, or one thousandth of cubic meter, or 1000 cubic centimeters, or approximately 61.023 744 cubic inches.

(Liter, NCI Thesaurus)

It is equal to 1,000 liters; 1,000 cubic decimeters; 10(e+6) cubic centimeters; 25.3 cubic feet; 6.29 barrels.

(Cubic Meter, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of volume equal to 0.5 cubic decimeter, or 500 cubic centimeters.

(Half Liter, NCI Thesaurus)

Sediment accumulates at just a few decimeters to meters per million years in the regions where the core samples were collected.

(No limit to life in deep sediment of ocean's "deadest" region, NSF)