I’m a chemistry teacher so I regularly use dm³
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maxwisecracks@lemmy.world 3 years ago
in school in austria we teach decimeters
paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works 3 years ago
Decimeter is used in older American botany books for some reason. Only place I’ve ever seen it
Jedi@bolha.forum 3 years ago
decimeter is a good measure because one cubic decimeter (1 dm³) equals one liter ( 1L )
gigachad@feddit.de 3 years ago
*of water
Tvkan@feddit.de 3 years ago
No, you’re thinking of a kilogram. A liter and 10dm³ are identical.
gigachad@feddit.de 3 years ago
Haha obviously, too early in the morning ;)
satai@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 years ago
1dm^3
Mkengine@feddit.de 3 years ago
No, volume dimensions are independent of what a specific volume is filled with.
1 liter of water is 1 cubic decimeter of water just as 1 liter of air is 1 cubic decimeter of air.