deka-

1. a combining form meaning “ten,” used in the names of metric units which are ten times the size of the unit denoted by the base word:

   dekaliter.

deka-

combining_form

1. variants of deca-

Word History and Origins

Origin of deka-¹

From Greek deka-, combining form of déka ten

Example Sentences

Other top investors, including mutual funds group Deka, had railed against the company's previous leadership.

From Reuters

Other top investors, including mutual funds group Deka, had railed against the company's previous leadership.

From Reuters

“These two teenagers should still be alive,” New York Civil Liberties Union assistant field director Deka Dancil said in a prepared statement.

From Seattle Times

Other top investors, including mutual funds group Deka, had railed against the company’s previous leadership.

From Reuters

The market needs to know who will take over when the octogenerian heads of its controlling shareholder - the Porsche-Piech family clan - retire, according to Deka, Union Investment and DWS, three of the carmaker's top 20 shareholders.

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