One word, which means a 10-sided shape, is decahedron. Another word beginning with "deca" is decade, meaning 10 years.
YES! decade, decagon, decathlon, decathlete by the way , if there were no words that started with "deca-", then by definition, "deca-" would not be a prefix...
The prefix hecto is for 100; the prefix deca is for 10.
Deca means ten.
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The prefix, deca, represents a multiple of the basic unit.
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It means "ten".
Yes, the prefix deca- means ten. It is used in the metric system to represent a factor of ten.
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Deca-, from the Greek deka, is a prefix meaning ten. Decem is the Latin word for ten
Dec or deca (as in a decade)