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1 decimetre = SI units 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, is defined as one cubic decimetre (other than between 1901 and 1964 where there was a slight difference between the two).
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.
SI units of length yoctometre <<< zeptometre <<< attometre <<< femtometre <<< picometre <<< nanometre <<< micrometre <<< millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < decametre < hectometre < kilometre <<< megametre <<< gigametre <<< terametre <<< petametre <<< exametre <<< zettametre <<< yottametreThis standards- or measurement-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.