"deca-" meaning in English

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Prefix

IPA: /dɛkə-/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deca-.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Late Latin decas (“(set of) ten”), from Ancient Greek δέκας (dékas), from δέκα (déka, “ten”). SI prefix
da Previous: deci-
Next: hecto-
Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|decas||(set of) ten}} Late Latin decas (“(set of) ten”), {{der|en|grc|δέκας}} Ancient Greek δέκας (dékas), {{m|grc|δέκα||ten}} δέκα (déka, “ten”), {{l|en|deci-|tr=}} deci-, {{l|en|hecto-|tr=}} hecto-, {{enum|en|deci-|hecto-|SI prefix|da}} SI prefix
da Previous: deci-
Next: hecto-
Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} deca-, {{en-prefix}} deca-
  1. Ten. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Ten Translations (ten): дэка- (deka-) (Belarusian), deseti- (Czech), deca- (Dutch), deka- (Finnish), deca- (Galician), δεκα- (deka-) (Greek), dasa- (Indonesian), deka- (Indonesian), deka- (Polish), дека- (deka-) (Russian), ทศ- (tót-sà) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-deca--en-prefix-5EXAdobo Disambiguation of Ten: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'ten': 100 0
  2. In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10. Symbol: da Tags: morpheme Synonyms: dec- [before-vowel], deka- Related terms: deci-, number Translations (used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10): дэка- (deka-) (Belarusian), deka- (Czech), deca- (Dutch), deka- (Finnish), deca- (Galician), δεκα- (deka-) (Greek), deka- (Hungarian), deka- (Indonesian), deka- (Malay), deka- (Polish), дека- (deka-) (Russian), เดคา- (dee-kaa) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-deca--en-prefix-9sfGNoeu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'used to multiply the unit it is attached to by 10': 2 98

Alternative forms

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