Definition:Deca-/Also defined as
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Deca-: Also known 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.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): deca-
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): deca-