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" .
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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.
It comes from Greek. Also, the Portuguese language uses mil for thousand which makes complete sense when you think that a milimetre is a thousandth of a metre and mililitre as a thousandth of a litre. So, mil equals 1000 and milhao means a million. So my question is where did the word thousand come from. Mil makes more sense as we already use it for thousands of things or substances.
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.
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.
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
The prefix centi in the word centimetre means 'hundreth', as a centimetre is a 100th of a metre.
The SI unit is the Pascal (symbol p) equal to one newton per square metre