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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

As someone else said, decimeters aren't actually used by anyone. In fact, other than centimetres and decibels, I can't think of any commonly-used unit that uses a prefix that isn't a power of 1000. (kilo, mega, milli, micro, etc. are all powers of 1000)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hadn't heard of that - neither the unit nor the prefix. Turns out the prefix is actually hecto meaning 100, and are isn't a commonly used unit. Thanks for that!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Used in agriculture. Are sometimes also called hundred/sotka. There is also deca- prefix.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

We use it in Canada for land size

Buying a house/zoning will have you come across it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Here's my favorite German boomer humor, because it's just so crude:

Shirt which says "Liebe vergeht, Hektar besteht".

Verbatim translated, it says: Love fades, hectare stays.

Basically, it's saying you should marry someone not for love, but rather for how many hectare of farmland they have, because in a long marriage, you'll supposedly benefit more from the latter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Beer in hectoliters, and for some reason Austrians measure foods in dekagrams.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

As someone else said, decimeters aren’t actually used by anyone.

Tell that to the Austrians. You can easily spot Austrian recipes and sizes by the use of dL and dm. In most of the rest of Europe you'd be right. Also maybe only older Austrians use it more frequently.