Decimeter

  

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Decimeter

Definition: Decimeter

Decimeter

Noun

1. A metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Decimeter

Synonyms: decimetre (n), dm (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Decimeter

English words defined with "decimeter": cubic decimeterhydrogen ion concentrationKilogrammeMillistere. (references)
Specialty definitions using "decimeter": degree of packingweight density. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Decimeter" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (decimetre), Swedish (decimeter, decimetre).

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Expression: Decimeter

Expression using "decimeter": cubic decimeter. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Decimeter

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

decimeter

15
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Decimeter

Language Translations for "decimeter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

decimetër (decimetre). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏العشرالمترى عشر المتر (decimetre). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

дециметър (decimetre). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

公寸 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

decimetr (decimetre). (various references)

   

Danish

  

dm3 (cubic decimeter), dm2 (square decimeter), decimeterbølger (decimeter waves), VHF-båndet (decimeter waves), maaleudstyr til kubikdecimetre og kubikcentimetre (volumic measure(cubic decimeter and cubic centimeter)), kvadratdecimeter (square decimeter), kubikdecimeter (cubic decimeter). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

maatglazen kubieke decimeter en kubieke centimeter (volumic measure(cubic decimeter and cubic centimeter)). (various references)

   

French

  

décimêtre. (various references)

   

German

  

dm3 (cubic decimeter), dm2 oder qdm (square decimeter), Dezimeterwellen (decimeter waves), Kubikdezimeter und Kubikzentimeter (volumic measure(cubic decimeter and cubic centimeter)), 1 quadratdezimeter (square decimeter), 1 kubikdezimeter (cubic decimeter). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

δέκατο μέτρου (decimetre). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

deciméter (decimetre). (various references)

   

Italian

  

decimetro (decimetre). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ecimeterday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

decímetro (decimetre). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

decimetru (decimetre). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

дециметр (decimetre). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

decimetar (decimetre). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

decímetro (decimetre). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

decimeter (decimetre). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

desimetre (decimetre), metrenin onda biri (decimetre). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

đêximet (decimetre). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Decimeter

Derivations

Words beginning with "decimeter": decimeters. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Decimeter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: decaleter, Dekametre, delimeter. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Decimeter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-i-m-r-t"

-2 letters: demerit, dimeter, erected, eremite, merited, metered, mitered, recited, retimed, tierced.

-3 letters: cerite, cermet, credit, deceit, decree, deicer, dermic, dieter, direct, emceed, emetic, itemed, meeter, metier, metred, metric, mitred, recede, recite, redeem, reedit, reemit, remeet, retied, retime, teemed, teemer, termed, tierce, tiered, triced.

-4 letters: ceder, cered, cider, cited, citer, creed, creme, cried, crime, deice, demit, deter, dicer, dimer, edict, eerie, eider, emcee, emeer, erect, medic, merde, merit, meted, meter, metre, mired, miter, mitre, recti, remet, remit, retem, retie, riced, rimed, terce, timed, timer, tired, treed, trice, tried.

-5 letters: cede, cedi, cere, cete, cire, cite, deem, deer, deet, deme, dere, derm, dice, diet, dime, dire, dirt, dite, dree, edit, eide, emic, emir, emit, etic, iced, idem, ired, item, meed, meet, mere, mete, mice, mire, mite, rede, reed, rete, rice, ride, rime, rite, teed, teem, term, tide, tied, tier, time, tire, tree, trim.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-e-i-m-r-t"
 

+1 letter: decimeters.

 

+2 letters: decemvirate, incremented.

 

+3 letters: decemvirates, decipherment, decrementing, overmedicate.

 

+4 letters: decipherments, determinacies, interepidemic, overmedicated, overmedicates.

 

+5 letters: diastereomeric, intermediacies, microelectrode, multielectrode, nephrectomized.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Decimeter


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 65 63 69 6D 65 74 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    .    -.-.    ..    --    .    -    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100101 01100011 01101001 01101101 01100101 01110100 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#99 &#105 &#109 &#101 &#116 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 0063 0069 006D 0065 0074 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

387169757971867184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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