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# dm

«dm» in Mova's school dictionary: **the short way to write decimeter** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation (dm — decimeter or decimetre)

### meaning for a pupil

dm is the short way to write decimeter. A decimeter is 10 centimeters, and a meter is 10 dm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dm/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a unit of length written short; 1 dm = 10 cm, 1 m = 10 dm; dm³ for volume (1 dm³ = 1 liter); science: metric units

### examples

- The stick is 5 dm long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dm/#x1)
- 3 dm = 30 cm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dm/#x2)
- Add 4 dm and 6 dm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dm/#x3)
- Which is longer, 1 m or 8 dm? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dm/#x4)
- A cube with 1 dm sides holds 1 liter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dm/#x5)
- The book is 2 dm tall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dm/#x6)

### note

A unit: change to the same unit before comparing (1 m = 10 dm). Trap: «dm» is not «cm» or «mm». No s and no full stop: 5 dm.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dm» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dm/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.