Dekameter, one dekameter is equal to 100 meters.
Deca is the prefix for 10, one decametre is ten metres, one decalitre is ten litres. Having lived for over forty years in a metric country I have never seen it used in real life. Similarly deci for a tenth, and hecto for one hundred are never used. Centi for one hundredth is only used for centimetres, except for some wine bottles which use centilitres.
The metric prefix used to describe 1000 standard units is "kilo-".
In the metric system, the prefix that means 1000 is kilo-. Another prefix f is milli- and, it stands for thousandth. Prefixes are useful in converting between two quantities. For example, you can easily convert between kilometers and meters.
Kilo- is the unit of the metric system that represents 1000 times the base unit.
The prefix kilo- means one thousand.
The Greek letter mu, μ, is used for micro- meaning millionths.
The metric prefix for 0.001 is milli-.
The metric prefix used to describe 1000 standard units is "kilo-".
Kilo
When dealing with units of measure, the prefix "kilo-" means "1,000".
In the metric system, the prefix that means 1000 is kilo-. Another prefix f is milli- and, it stands for thousandth. Prefixes are useful in converting between two quantities. For example, you can easily convert between kilometers and meters.
In metric measurement the prefix Kilo~ means one thousand.
mili, deci, centi, hecto, kilo, deka
kilo-
Kilo is a French word from Greek khilioi meaning "thousand."Some examples of the prefix "kilo":kilogram = 1,000 gramskilometer = 1,000 meters
Kilo. It is used to represent multiplication by 1000 in the metric system, where 1 kilo is equal to 1000 units.
In math Kilo is the metric prefix meaning 1000 times.
When dealing with metric units of measure,the prefix "kilo-" usually means "1,000".