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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.