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  • noun Plural form of decimeter.

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Examples

  • No It isnt Its decimeters Its Japan Yes it does look that big, And if people knew how to read or weren't so slow I wouldnt have to explain it over and over again.

    Is This The New World-Record Largemouth? 2009

  • But what i have noticed with the average Joe… most of them dont understand what suround sound really means… I set up one of my customers with everything perfected… I even used decimeters.

    My Home Theatre Epiphany | Sync Blog 2008

  • It was three decimeters long, made of green glass, and was half-embedded in the regolith where the body had fallen.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2005

  • The measurement thus obtained was by means of a pair of compasses divided accurately into ten equal portions, or decimeters, each of course 3.93 inches long.

    Off on a Comet 2003

  • Soleta felt constrained to move back a few decimeters to avoid further wear and tear on her eardrums.

    No Limits Peter David 2003

  • The overall length should be about 3 m and the rod should be marked in meters, decimeters, and centimeters.

    1.1 The role and purpose of irrigation 1994

  • Each 20 square decimeters of tray space holds about one kilogram of raw food.

    Chapter 5 1980

  • Generally each 20 square decimeters of tray accommodates about one kilogram of raw food.

    Chapter 5 1980

  • One 50 watt bulb is adequate for 15 to 20 square decimeters of tray.

    Chapter 5 1980

  • He possessed a physical strength greater than the average, and he moved quickly and gracefully, yet these advantages were offset by the fact that he chose to inhabit an eternally forty-year-old body with a soft gut-an extra two decimeters on his waistline.

    An East Wind Coming Cover, Arthur Byron 1979

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