Definition:Number Prefixes/10/Deca-

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Definition

The prefix deca denotes $10$.


Also defined as

The prefix deca- is also used for the Système Internationale d'Unités metric scaling prefix denoting a multiplier of $10^1$.

However, this is easily confused with deci-.

Hence deka- is specifically preferred by $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ in this context.


Examples

The prefix deca- can be found in the following contexts:


Also see


Linguistic Note

The prefix deca- is from the Late Latin decas (set of ten), from Ancient Greek δέκας (dékas), from δέκα (déka), meaning ten.