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decimetre

/ˈdɛsɪmiːtəɹ/

Meanings
noun
An SI unit of length equal to 10-1 metres. Symbol: dm

Examples :

"The carpenter needed to cut the shelf to exactly 3 decimetres in length. "
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Related Words

Illustration shelf

shelf noun

/ʃɛlf/

A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display objects.

"The books were neatly arranged on the shelf above the desk. "

Illustration symbol

symbol noun

/ˈsɪmbəl/

A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.

"$ is the symbol for dollars in the US and some other countries."

Illustration equal

equal noun

/ˈiːkwəl/

A person or thing of equal status to others.

"This beer has no equal."

Illustration cut

cut noun

/kʌt/

The act of cutting.

"He made a fine cut with his sword."

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration needed

needed verb

/ˈniːdɪd/

To have an absolute requirement for.

"Living things need water to survive."

Illustration unit

unit noun

/ˈjuː.nɪt/

A particular, minute unit of mass, defined differently for different substances, but so that varying substances of the same general type have the property that one international unit of the one has the same effect on the human body as one international unit of the other.

"The doctor prescribed a specific unit of vitamin D for the patient's bone health. "

Illustration metres

metres verb

/ˈmiːtərz/ /ˈmɛtərz/

To measure with a metering device.

"The water company metres the amount of water each house uses. "

Illustration length

length noun

/lɛn(t)θ/

The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

"The length of the classroom is 20 meters. "

Illustration decimetres

decimetres noun

/ˈdesɪmiːtərz/ /ˈdesɪˌmiːtərz/

An SI unit of length equal to 10-1 metres. Symbol: dm

"The ruler was marked in both centimetres and decimetres, making it easy to measure lengths up to 30 cm. "

Illustration exactly

exactly adverb

/ɪɡˈzæk(t)li/

(manner) without approximation; precisely.

"He divided the coins exactly in half."

Illustration carpenter

carpenter noun

/ˈkɑː.pən.tə/ /ˈkɑɹpəntɚ/

A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.

"The carpenter built a new wooden bookshelf for my bedroom. "