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Japanese: デカ
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〘Epitheme〙 (déca- deca- originally meaning ten in Greek) Used before the name of a metric unit to indicate that the unit is ten times larger than that unit. For example, "Decagram" or "Decaliter". Symbol: da or D※Beio Kairan Jikki (1877)〈Kume Kunitake〉Example: "Add the Greek words for 'deca', 'ten', 'hecto', 'one hundred', and 'kilo', and 'one thousand' to each tens place."

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Japanese:
〘語素〙 (déca- deca- 元来ギリシア語で一〇を意味する) メートル法の単位名の上につけて、その単位の一〇倍の単位であることを表わす。「デカグラム」「デカリットル」など。記号 da または D※米欧回覧実記(1877)〈久米邦武〉例言「毎十位に『デカ』十『ヘクト』百『キロ』千 の希臘語を加へ」

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