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English Dictionary: decimetre by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decimetre
n
  1. a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter [syn: decimeter, decimetre, dm]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Decimeter \Dec"i*me`ter\, Decimetre \Dec"i*me`tre\, n. [F.
      d[82]cim[8a]tre; pref. d[82]ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) +
      m[8a]tre. See {Meter}.]
      A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a
      meter, equal to 3.937 inches.
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