Decimetre
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| SI units | |
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| 0.10000 m | 100.00 mm |
| US customary / Imperial units | |
| 0.32808 ft | 3.9370 in |
A decimetre (American spelling: decimeter, symbol dm) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one tenth of a metre, the SI base unit of length. In simple words there are 10 cm in a decimetre. It can be written in scientific notations as 100×10−3 m (engineering notation) or 1 E-1 m (exponential notation) — meaning 100 × 1 mm or 1 m / 10 respectively. The c is pronounced as /s/, unlike in decametre. The non-SI unit for volume, the litre,
[edit] See also
- SI
- SI prefix
- deci-
- Metric system
- 1 E-1 m and Orders of magnitude (length)
- Conversion of units, for comparison with other units of length.
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