Deciliter
A
deciliter, abbreviated
dL, is one tenth of a
liter, or 1×10
-4 m3, or 100
milliliter. The
SI prefix "deci" stands for one-tenth. A cup of coffee contains roughly one deciliter. While the unit is not used very much, it occurs in the common measure
mg/dL which is used for the
glucose concentration in
blood.
See 1_E-4_m³ for a list of comparable volumes.