deci-
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edit- IPA(key): /ˈdɛsɪ/
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deci-
- A tenth part.
- In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-1. Symbol: d
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edit- Units formed using this prefix are not often used in official scientific contexts. For example, "1 dm" (one decimetre) would be written as "100 mm" or "0.1 m".
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editone tenth (1/10)
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edit- “deci-” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
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editBorrowed from French déci-, from Latin decimus (“tenth”).
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Hungarian
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editFrom Latin deci(mus) (“tenth”), from decem (“ten”).[1]
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edit- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
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- deci- (10-1)
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