decimeter

1 3.7

A unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter

noun
/ˈdɛsɪˌmiːtər/

Specialized

: decímetro

I didn't even know what like a decimeter was.

Examples

And it comes with an internal decimeter card which measures your actually your actual bone marrow dose.
Reyes ducked, but she had a good two decimeters above her head.

Fiction book (1999)
The ribbon measures exactly one decimeter in length, which is ideal for our project.
He cut the wood into pieces that were each about a decimeter long for the model.
To avoid inaccuracies, make sure to measure the distance to the nearest decimeter.

Synonyms

vsdecimeter

Specialized

4.1

A measure of length equal to one tenth of a meter

is the full word rather than the abbreviated form

Compounds

cubic decimeter

3.7

A unit of volume equal to one liter

How Long

kilometer

572 1.8

meter

Specialized

621 1.0

decimeter

Specialized

1 3.7

centimeter

92 1.0

millimeter

Specialized

140 2.5

Surface Forms

decimeter singular

decimeters plural

decimetres plural

decimetre singular

Morphology

decimeter = meter (semi-transparent) = deci + meter

The word is built regularly from the metric prefix 'deci-' plus 'meter', but the prefix may not be fully familiar to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

The word decimeter comes from the parts deci- ('one tenth') and meter ('measure'), and you can see deci- in decimal and meter in the common unit meter. So a decimeter is 'one tenth of a meter', equal to 10 centimeters.