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ヘクト (へくと, hekuto) Japanese meaning: hecto- | Kotomora
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Don't confuse with ヘクト means a factor of 100 (10^2) while キロ means a factor of 1000 (10^3), so learners often mix up which prefix indicates the larger multiple.
ヘクト is 10^2 while デカ is only 10^1, and both are rare enough in daily Japanese that learners easily confuse their relative size.
ヘクト multiplies by 100 whereas センチ divides by 100, so the two prefixes are easily confused despite being opposite in effect.
ヘクト (hecto-) means one hundred times the base unit, a much larger multiple than ダカ (deca-), which means only ten times.
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「 ヘクト 」 は メートル 法ほう で 百ひゃく 倍ばい を 表あらわ す 接せっ 頭とう 語ご です 。
Hecto is a metric prefix meaning one hundred times.
Word family hectopascal
hectolitre; hectoliter
Etymology A katakana representation of the international metric prefix hecto-. No language-of-origin history is specified.
