Hecto is a value in the Metric System. Hecto is the value 100, such as a hectometer equaling 100 meters.
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Hecto-something is a value that is 100x the value of the original thing. So a hectometer is 100x the length of a meter and a hectogram has a weight that is 100x the weight of a gram. http://www.math.com/tables/general/numnotation.htm
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A hecto (which is a multiple of 100,000) kilogram is 100,000kg.