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decimetre

SI unit of length equal to one tenth of a metre
Intangible unit_of_length Q200323
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Summary

decimetre is an unit of length[1]. decimetre draws 1,334 Wikipedia views per month (unit of length category, ranking #36 of 96).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: SI derived unit[3], metric unit[4]
  • Measured physical quantity: length[5]
  • Different from: 1 decimetre[6]
  • Conversion to SI unit: 0.1 m[7]
  • Conversion to standard unit: 0.0001 km[8], 0.00006213711922373339 miles[9], 10 cm[10], 100 millimetre[11], 0.3280840 feet[12], 3.937008 inches[13], 0.1093613 yard[14], 0.000000000000000003240779 parsec[15], 0.00000000000000001057001 light-year[16], 3,937,008 microinch[17], 100,000 micrometre[18]
  • Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q200323 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[19]
  • Unit symbol: dm[20], дм[21], 分米[22], 公寸[23]
  • Subdivision of this unit: centimetre[24]

Why It Matters

decimetre has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] decimetre is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . Logopedia. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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