British spelling variant of decaliter; a metric volume unit equal to ten liters.
From deca- (ten) + litre (British spelling of liter). This is the standard British English spelling with the -re ending instead of American -er.
The spelling difference between decalitre and decaliter is a linguistic echo of the American and British spelling conventions—the British prefer -re endings in many metric terms!
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