
Noah Webster
Deciliter
DEC'ILITER, noun A French measure of capacity equal to one tenth of a liter.
DEC'IMAL, adjective [Latin decimus, tenth, from decem, ten.]
1. Numbered by ten; as decimal progression.
2. Increasing or diminishing by ten; as decimal numbers; decimal arithmetic; decimal fractions.
3. Tenth; as a decimal part.