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decilitres

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So you've got two kinds of units of volume in your recipes: milli/centi/decilitres, and grams of butter.

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Quick take

(metrology) An SI unit of fluid equal to 10⁻¹ liters. Symbol: dl.

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noun

(metrology) An SI unit of fluid equal to 10⁻¹ liters. Symbol: dl.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for decilitres.

noun

(metrology) An SI unit of fluid equal to 10⁻¹ liters. Symbol: dl.

Example sentences

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So you've got two kinds of units of volume in your recipes: milli/centi/decilitres, and grams of butter.

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Not that hard considering decilitres are used and decimetres are kinda tried in schools.

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In some European countries, it's common for rough recipes to use decilitres, e.g.

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Total mass of water: I suspect for small (in range of up to decilitres) and large (beyond decalitres), cold water tends to freeze faster.

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Now we need to switch from litres to decilitres!

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Add to that the fact that we had to convert pints to say centilitres, decilitres and litres - the now infrequently used 'deci' was alive and well back then.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use decilitres in a sentence?

So you've got two kinds of units of volume in your recipes: milli/centi/decilitres, and grams of butter.

What does decilitres mean?

(metrology) An SI unit of fluid equal to 10⁻¹ liters. Symbol: dl.

What part of speech is decilitres?

decilitres is commonly used as noun.