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decimeter
Symbol:  dm 
Category:  Length 
SI Equivalent:  0.1 m
Dimension:  L 
System:  SI 
Convert     dm  
1 dm =
Length
  Symbol Unit Name
1.88973×109  a.u., a0, b  a.u. of length 
1×109  Å  angstrom 
343.775  arcmin  arcmin 
6.68459×10-13  AU, UA  astronomical unit 
10×1016  am  attometer 
11.811    barleycorn (UK) 
1.88973×109  a0, b  bohr (first Bohr radius) 
2.73403×10-3    bolt (US cloth) 
47.2441  line (UK)  button (UK) 
157.48  line (US)  button (US) 
5.39957×10-4    cable length (int.) 
5.39612×10-4    cable length (UK) 
4.55672×10-4    cable length (US) 
393.701  caliber, cin  caliber (centiinch) 
10  cm  centimeter 
3.28084×10-3  ch  chain (engineer's) 
4.97097×10-3  ch  chain (Gunter's) 
3.28084×10-3  ch  chain (Ramsden's) 
4.97097×10-3  ch  chain (surveyor's) 
0.218723    cubit (UK) 
1×10-2  dam  decameter 
3.54869×1013  re  electron classical radius 
8.74891×10-2    ell 
23.7107    ems (pica) 
1×10-19  Em  exameter 
5.46807×10-2  fath  fathom 
1×1014  fm  femtometer 
1×1014  F, f  fermi 
1.88973×109  a0, b, a.u.  first Bohr radius 
0.328084  ft  foot 
300  fr  French 
4.97097×10-4  fur  furlong (UK) 
4.97097×10-4  fur  furlong (US) 
1×10-10  Gm  gigameter 
0.984252  hd  hand (UK) 
1×10-3  hm  hectometer 
1.05702×10-26    hubble 
3.93701  in  inch 
1×10-4  km  kilometer 
3.24078×10-21  kpc  kiloparsec 
2.07168×10-5    league (Canadian) 
1.79986×10-5  leag. (int. naut.)  league (int. naut.) 
2.07124×10-5  leag. (stat.)  league (statute, land) 
1.79871×10-5  leag. (UK, naut.)  league (UK, naut.) 
1.79871×10-5  leag. (US, naut.)  league (US, naut.) 
3.8607×10-15    light-day 
9.26567×10-14    light-hour 
5.5594×10-12    light-minute 
3.33564×10-10    light-second 
1.05702×10-17  ly  light-year 
47.2441  line (UK)  line (UK) 
157.48  line (US)  line (US) 
0.328084    link (engineer's) 
0.497097    link (Gunter's) 
0.328084    link (Ramsden's) 
0.497097    link (surveyor's) 
1×10-7  Mm  megameter 
0.1  m  meter 
3.93701×106  µin  microinch 
1×105  µm  micron 
3937.01  mil, thou  mil (thou) 
1.34742×10-5  mile (geogr.)  mile (geographical) 
6.2137×10-5  mi (int.)  mile (international) 
5.39957×10-5  mi (naut., int.)  mile (nautical, international) 
5.38991×10-5  mi (naut., teleg.)  mile (nautical, telegraph) 
5.39612×10-5  mi (naut., UK, US)  mile (nautical, UK, US) 
6.21371×10-5  mi (stat.)  mile (statute, land) 
6.2137×10-5  mi (survey, US)  mile (survey, US) 
100  mm  millimeter 
1×108  mµ, nm  millimicron 
0.437445    nail (UK) 
1×108  nm  nanometer 
5.39957×10-5  mi (int. naut.)  nautical mile (international) 
5.39612×10-5  mi (UK, US, naut.)  nautical mile (UK, US) 
0.131234    pace (UK) 
1.31234    palm (UK) 
3.24078×10-18  pc  parsec 
1.98839×10-2  rd  perch (rod, pole) 
1×10-16  Pm  petameter 
23.7106    pica 
1×1011  pm  picometer 
284.528    point (US printer's) 
1.98839×10-2  rd  pole (rod, perch) 
1×10-8    quadrant 
1.98839×10-2  rd  rod (perch, pole) 
1.64042×10-2    rope (UK) 
0.437445    span 
1×10-13  Tm  terameter 
3937.01  thou, mil  thou (mil) 
9.99792×1011  UX, X  X-unit 
0.109361  yd  yard 
10×1022  ym  yoctometer 
1×10-25  Ym  yottameter 
1×1020  zm  zeptometer 
10×10-23  Zm  zettameter 
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