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decimeter | 0.508 dm | 1.016 dm | 1.524 dm | 2.032 dm | 2.54 dm | 3.048 dm | 3.556 dm | 4.064 dm | 4.572 dm | 5.08 dm | 5.588 dm | 6.096 dm | 6.604 dm | 7.112 dm | 7.62 dm | 8.128 dm | 8.636 dm | 9.144 dm | 9.652 dm | 10.16 dm | 10.668 dm | 11.176 dm | 11.684 dm | 12.192 dm | 12.7 dm | 13.208 dm | 13.716 dm | 14.224 dm | 14.732 dm | 15.24 dm | 15.748 dm | 16.256 dm | 16.764 dm | 17.272 dm | 17.78 dm | 18.288 dm | 18.796 dm | 19.304 dm | 19.812 dm | 20.32 dm | 20.828 dm | 21.336 dm | 21.844 dm | 22.352 dm | 22.86 dm | 23.368 dm | 23.876 dm | 24.384 dm | 24.892 dm | 25.4 dm | 25.908 dm | 26.416 dm | 26.924 dm | 27.432 dm | 27.94 dm | 28.448 dm | 28.956 dm | 29.464 dm | 29.972 dm | 30.48 dm | 30.988 dm | 31.496 dm | 32.004 dm | 32.512 dm | 33.02 dm | 33.528 dm | 34.036 dm | 34.544 dm | 35.052 dm | 35.56 dm | 36.068 dm | 36.576 dm | 37.084 dm | 37.592 dm | 38.1 dm | 38.608 dm | 39.116 dm | 39.624 dm | 40.132 dm | 40.64 dm | 41.148 dm | 41.656 dm | 42.164 dm | 42.672 dm | 43.18 dm | 43.688 dm | 44.196 dm | 44.704 dm | 45.212 dm | 45.72 dm | 46.228 dm | 46.736 dm | 47.244 dm | 47.752 dm | 48.26 dm | 48.768 dm | 49.276 dm | 49.784 dm | 50.292 dm | 50.8 dm |
In typography, the stick, stickful, or stick of type was an inexact length based on the size of the various composing sticks used by newspaper editors to assemble pieces of moveable type. In English-language papers, it was roughly equal to 2 column inches or 100–150 words. In France, Spain, and Italy, sticks generally contained only between 1 and 4 lines of text each. A column was notionally equal to 10 sticks.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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stick | ≡ 2 in | = 0.0508 m | Other (Length) |
sticks | decimeters | sticks | decimeters |
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1 | = 0.508 | 4 | = 2.032 |
1.5 | = 0.762 | 4.5 | = 2.286 |
2 | = 1.016 | 5 | = 2.54 |
2.5 | = 1.27 | 5.5 | = 2.794 |
3 | = 1.524 | 6 | = 3.048 |
Decimeter or decimetre is equal to 10-1 meter (unit of length), comes from a combination of the metric prefix deci (d) and the SI unit of length meter (m). Plural name is decimeters.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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decimeter | dm | ≡ 1×10−1 m ≡ 0.1 m | ≡ 1×10−1 m ≡ 0.1 m | Metric system SI |
decimeters | sticks | decimeters | sticks |
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1 | = 1.9685039370079 | 4 | = 7.8740157480315 |
1.5 | = 2.9527559055118 | 4.5 | = 8.8582677165354 |
2 | = 3.9370078740157 | 5 | = 9.8425196850394 |
2.5 | = 4.9212598425197 | 5.5 | = 10.826771653543 |
3 | = 5.9055118110236 | 6 | = 11.811023622047 |
sticks | decimeters |
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1 | = 0.508 |
1.9685039 | = 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |