deci-

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See also: deci, decí, déci, dęci, and déci-

English

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Etymology

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From Latin decimus (tenth).

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SI prefix
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deci-

  1. A tenth part.
  2. In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-1. Symbol: d

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  • 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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Czech

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deci-

  1. deci-

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Further reading

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  • deci-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • deci- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin decimus.

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deci-

  1. deci-

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Borrowed from French déci-, from Latin decimus (tenth).

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deci-

  1. deci-

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Latin deci(mus) (tenth), from decem (ten).[1]

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛt͡si]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧ci

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deci-

  1. (noun prefix) deci-
    deci- + ‎méter (meter) → ‎deciméter (decimeter)

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  1. ^ 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-

  1. deci-

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Portuguese

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deci-

  1. deci- (10-1)