decimeter
[
des
-
uh
-mee-ter]
/ˈdɛs əˌmi tər/
noun
1.
a unit of length equal to 1/10 (0.1) meter.
Abbreviation:
dm.
Also,
especially British,
decimetre
.
Origin
1800-10;
<
French
décimètre.
See
deci-
,
meter
1
Examples from the web for
decimeter
These approaches provide geo-referenced lakebed measures at meter horizontal and
decimeter
vertical resolution.
The grids were further converted into
decimeter
integer grids to reduce size.
British Dictionary definitions for
decimeter
decimetre
/
ˈdɛsɪˌmiːtə
/
noun
1.
one tenth of a metre
dm
Derived Forms
decimetric
(
ˌdɛsɪˈmɛtrɪk
)
adjective
Word Origin and History for
decimeter
n.
1809, from
deci-
+
meter
(n.2).