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Decimetre

{

Dec′i-meˊter

,

Dec′i-meˊtre

}

,

Noun.

[F.

décimètre

; pref.

déci-

tenth (fr. L.

decimus

) +

mètre

. See

.]

A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.