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Deciliter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A metric unit of volume equal to one-tenth (10-1) of a liter.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. US spelling of decilitre.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In the metric system, a measure of capacity equal to one tenth of a liter, or 3.52 English fluidounces, or 3.38 United States fluidounces.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter

Word Usage

"S. O'BRIEN: The national guidelines right now for the LDL is something like 100 milligrams per deciliter, which is all doctorspeak, but 100, let's say, is something like that."

Equivalent

decilitre

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

metric capacity unit

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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