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For the fishing the natives make a hole in the ice, a decimetre in diameter.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

The litre is equal to a cubic decimetre.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

Each of the two parts of the double-galleried tunnel, one narrow and one wide, measures at most a decimetre in length.

From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Beyond the cotton-wool cylinder wherein ten cocoons are lodged in a row comes an empty space of half a decimetre or more.

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

The length of the index is about one decimetre.

From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Palmieri, Luigi