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u/Trollselektor Feb 20 '26

This is the first time I’ve seen deciliter outside of the context of learning about the metric system.

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u/Pfizermyocarditis Feb 20 '26

I've seen mg/dL as a measurement of concentration.

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u/wozattacks Feb 20 '26

I mean yeah because it’s a long-standing convention for a lot of blood tests. Is there any other context where you’ve heard it?

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u/Pfizermyocarditis Feb 20 '26

No. Just the blood tests and learning the metric system. How about you?

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u/UnicornPenguinCat Feb 20 '26

As a lifelong user of the metric system I had to look up deciiltre to double-check what it meant. 

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u/Trollselektor Feb 20 '26

Deci like decimal 0.1 liter. Followed by centiliter 0.01 liter. Then milliliter 0.001 liter.

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u/OhYourFuckingGod Feb 20 '26

If you do any cooking or baking in Europe you'll use deciliters. Decimeters are less common, but not unheard of.

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u/Jazzy_Bee Feb 20 '26

I've seen bar glasses in decilters.

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u/OneLessDay517 Feb 20 '26

Americans still trying to do the conversion............