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'deci' means one tenth of (1/10). For example 'decilitre' (1/10 Litre), 'decimetre' (1/10 metre), decigram. etc.

It is not a commonly used prefix, centi- and millli- are more common, for example, 1 dm = 10 cm = 100 mm

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