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Old 09-13-2022, 05:34 PM   #526
calgarygeologist
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction View Post
Decimeters. A metric unit of measurement comprising of 10 centimeters or 1/10th of a meter. We learned it in school and some rulers have it marked.

But is anything in the real world measured by decimeters? I can't say I have ever seen it used to measure anything, and if someone told me the length of something in decimeters, I would probably be confused.

Is there a practical application where decimeters make sense? I thought about this because we just bought school supplies for my 7 year old and her ruler has it shown.
I don't know about practical applications but my parents are Eastern European and whenever we went to the Polish deli/butcher they would order in 10s of gram, deka. I'm not sure why it is a common standard of measurement there.
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