The prefix "deci-" is denoted by d and represents 1/10.
A hundredth of something so if it's a metre or something centi means you divide it by a hundredCenti = one hundredth.
Centre, humour, labour, sabre, aeroplane, metre. -Those are all in "English" .
The proud athlete was swaggering about after winning a 100 metre sprint. His swaggering was aggravating the students in his class. The boy's swaggering attracted him to the girls.
He was indecisive in whether to jump off the 100 metre diving board to impress a girl or to give up and stay alive.
You can use either, it just depends what context you are in.For example, either of the versions of these sentences are fine:A - His house was closer than he had originally thought.B - His house was nearer than he had originally thought.Since both words mean the same thing, it doesn't utterly matter.Take a look at these two versions:A - Which ball bounced closer to the 4 metre mark?B - Which ball bounced nearer to the 4 metre mark?You might feel in certain instances that one or the other word is preferable, but in the examples above, it does not really show much of a noticeable difference.
prefix of metre
The prefix meaning "one thousandth" is milli-. For example, a thousandth of a metre is a millimetre. A thousandth of a gram is called a milligram.
One micrometre is equal to one millionth of a metre.
Deci. 1 deci metre = 0.1 of a metre (or 10cm etc...) 1dm = 0.1m It can be added to any uni. 1deci litre = 0.1 Litres (1dl = 0.1l)
A prefix is something you add to the beginning of a word to alter the meaning. For metre, some common prefixes added are:centi-, meaning 100. There are 100 centimetres in a metrekilo-, meaning 1,000. There are 1,000 metres in a kilometremilli-, meaning 1,000. There are 1,000 millimetres in a metredeca-, meaning 10. There are 10 decametres in a metre
"Milli" means "one thousandth". So, for example, a millimetre is equal to one thousandth (10-3) of a metre.
Since a linear metre is the same as a metre, the symbol is m
meters=m
millibars a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to 100 newtons per square metre
1000 meters -------------------------------------------------- The metre (symbol m) is the unit of length in SI and the first international unit. Now the metre is defined by reference to time and the speed of light in vacuum with a very low uncertaintity.
The SI unit is the Pascal (symbol p) equal to one newton per square metre
Deci- is a prefix which is used to mean "one tenth" - for example, a decimetre is a unit of length equal to one tenth of a metre. Also, interestingly, the original meaning of the word "decimate", nowadays meaning "to eliminate in large numbers" originally meant, when referring to Roman soldiers, to "kill one in every ten". Deca- is a prefix which is used to mean "ten" - using a similar example, a decametre is a unit of length equal to 10 metres. Other words using the prefix deca- include decagon - a ten-sided polygon, and decapod - a ten-legged object.