A unit of weight in the metric system equal to ten grams.
From Greek 'deka-' (ten) and 'gram' (from Greek 'gramma,' letter or unit of weight). This is a standard metric prefix system term created in the late 1700s.
When France revolutionized everything in the 1790s—government, calendar, even weights and measures—they invented the metric system with 'deka-' as one of the basic building blocks, making science truly universal.
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