(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:55:23

Dec"a- (?). [Cf. Ten.]

A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically Metric System, a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times the principal unit.

 

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