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deka- prefix science specialized(alsodeca-)uk /dek.ə-/ us /dek.ə-/ used with scientific units to form words meaning ten times the stated unit: a dekatherm a dekameter Natural gas was selling for $11 or $12 a dekatherm. A decametre or dekameter is a unit of length equal to ten metres. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Numbers: single, double & multiple alone bilateral bilaterally bipartite bipolar deca- double-action double-digit dual himself multiple plural purely solitarily solitary trilateral trilaterally triply unilaterally unit |