Convert cup (US) to deciliter

What is a Cup (US)?

Cups are very common in American recipes and cooking. They are utilized for measuring both bulk products and liquids and they have their unique meaning. Thus, the volume of one Cup (US) is from 237 to 240 milliliters. It's also the same as half of an American pint.

In most cases, one US cup is taken as 240 ml to make the calculations and measurements more convenient. Since cups are a unit of volume, the weight of the measured products will be different. Therefore, while cooking, you may need special tables for the proper conversion of amounts of ingredients.

In addition, it’s worth mentioning that cups are not very accurate, for example, for flour. Its volume changes after sifting and grinding standards differ according to the country. The same happens with grated vegetables, fruits and cheese. Thus, one should be careful with cups and re-check the mass after taking the stated volume.

What is a deciliter?

There are various options for volume evaluation. Liquids are measured both in standard systematic units such as cubic meters and other traditional and common for some regions options.

For instance, liters are quite popular in Europe for both household and scientific purposes. Moreover, their smaller parts may be also useful for different calculations. One of them is a deciliter.

It is designated as dL for short and corresponds to a 1/10 part of a liter. As one liter contains 1000 ml, this means that if divide this number by 10 we will also get a deciliter. Thus, it corresponds to 100 ml.

This option is preferable for smaller measurements, for instance, in the recipes and while cooking. It is quite easy to keep in mind and convenient for calculations. The prefix deci always refers to a tenth part of something. Thus, if one remembers what a liter is, then he will be able to recalculate this unit.