Symbols:D/deka-
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deka-
- $\mathrm {da}$
The Système Internationale d'Unités symbol for the metric scaling prefix deka, denoting $10^{\, 1 }$, is $\mathrm { da }$.
Its $\LaTeX$ code is \mathrm {da} .
Also known as
Some sources give this prefix as deca-, but this is easily confused with deci-.
As a consequence, deka- is the preferred usage on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$.
Sources
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): da
- 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): da