decimeter

«decimeter» in Mova's school dictionary: a unit of length — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (decimeter, decimeters; British decimetre)

meaning for a pupil

1) A decimeter is a unit of length. A decimeter is 10 centimeters, and a meter is 10 decimeters. tree →

2) It is about the width of a grown-up's hand. tree →

sense in the lessons

maths: a metric unit of length; conversions to centimeters and meters (1 dm = 10 cm, 1 m = 10 dm); measuring with a ruler; science: metric units go up by 10s; everyday life: rarely used outside school

examples

• The pencil is 2 decimeters long. tree →
• 1 decimeter is 10 centimeters. tree →
• How many decimeters are in 3 meters? tree →
• The ribbon is 15 decimeters long. tree →
• A ruler 30 cm long is 3 decimeters. tree →
• A hand is about 1 decimeter wide. tree →

note

A unit: 1 dm = 10 cm, 1 m = 10 dm. Trap: change all lengths to the same unit before adding or comparing. Short form dm. «Deci» means one tenth.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «decimeter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.