Meaning & use
Dekagram
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A unit of mass in the metric system equal to ten grams.
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The recipe called for twenty dekagrams of flour, roughly two-thirds of a cup.
Nutrition labels in some countries list serving sizes in dekagrams rather than grams.
A note on using this word
Also spelled 'decagram'; the 'deka-' spelling follows the older Greek-derived prefix still used on some European food packaging.
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