I’ve learned about them in school, but I’ve never heard anyone say something is 8 decameters long or anything like that. I’m an American.

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    810 months ago

    In America, I’ve seen nurses and diabetics use deciliters in reference to medication or concentration before.

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      610 months ago

      Deci is 0.1 and that gets used frequently, deka is 10 and never gets used at all, except in Austria when grocery shopping at the deli counter. 🤷

      Hekto is 100 and similarly never gets used, not even by Austrians.

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      310 months ago

      Deciliters are not infrequently used in recipes here as well. I’ve never seen decameters or hectometers used by anyone.