hecto-

• hect- (before a vowel)

From French hecto-, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”). Doublet of hecato- and centi-.

hecto-

1. hundred

   Synonyms: centi-, hecato-

2. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 100. Symbol: h

Usually this prefix for "× 10²" is intentionally not used in scientific contexts, in favor of either "× 10¹" or "× 10³" instead. For example, "1 hm" (one hectometre) will usually be written instead as either "100 m" or "0.1 km". This fact is directly related to the preference for engineering notation as a subset of scientific notation that is especially useful mathematically. It favors groups of cubes (× 10³).

• “hecto-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• cothe

From French hecto-, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”).

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• “hecto-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

hecto-

1. hecto- (hundred)

• “hectolitro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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1. hecto-

• hectolitru in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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1. hecto-

• “hecto-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28