Deca-, from the Greek deka, is a prefix meaning ten. Decem is the Latin word for ten
A decagon is a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles. Deca is from the Greek meaning of "ten".
Think of the Spanish word "dos" meaning "two." "Deca" is ten. Dodeca is 2 + 10
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There are ten events in a decathlon because deca- means ten
Deca means ten.
Deca-, from the Greek deka, is a prefix meaning ten. Decem is the Latin word for ten
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The root word of decade is "decem," which is Latin for "ten."
Latin root = deca, which means ten.
It is derived from the Greek Deka meaning ten
It means 10 as for example a decade is ten years.
"Deca" comes from Latin for "Ten" as in decagon and dodecagon where the "do-" represents two (more).
No. The prefixes 'deci' and 'deca' are both derived from the Greek deka, meaning 'ten'
because they have ten legs deca meaning 10
A metric prefix meaning ten. A decagram is ten grams. A decaliter is ten liters. Not to be confused with deci, which means a tenth.
Deca means ten. In math, a polygon called a decagon has ten sides.