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Deca (prefix)

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Deca- (and dec-) sometimes deka- is a common English-language prefix derived from the Late Latin decas ("(set of) ten"), from Ancient Greek δέκας (dékas), from δέκα (déka, "ten"). It is used in many words.

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General

  • Decennial, ten-yearly or a celebration of ten years.

    • Mathematics

  • Decimal based on the number ten.
  • Decagon a plane figure with ten sides
  • Decahedron a polyhedron with ten faces

    • Chemistry

  • Decane, a hydrocarbon with 10 carbon atoms

    • Biology

  • Decapoda, an order of crustaceans with ten feet

    • Religion

  • The Decalogue, the Ten Commandments

    • References

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