decimetre

See also: décimètre and deci-metre

English

Alternative forms

• decimeter (US)
• dm, ㍷
• decim (abbreviation)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsɪmiːtəɹ/

Noun

decimetre (plural decimetres)

1. (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

• cubic decimetre

 

Translations

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)

Anagrams

• decimeter