hendeca-
combining form
eleven
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hendecagon
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hendecahedron
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hendecasyllable
Origin
from Greek hendeka, from hen, neuter of heis one + deka tenhendeca-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “eleven,” used in the formation of compound words:
hendecahedron.
Origin
combining form representing Greek héndeka eleven, equivalent to hén one (neuter of heîs) + déka ten
Related Words
- hendecahedron
- hendecasyllable
hendeca-a prefix meaning eleven.
[Greek hendeka]hendeca-
combining form
- eleven; having eleven十一; 有十一的：
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hendecasyllable.
词源
from Greek hendeka 'eleven'.
1760 Stiles in Phil. Trans. LI. 771Two other suppositions, viz. that either the *hendecachord or disdiapason was here meant.
1842–3 Smith's Dict. Gr. &Rom. Antiq. 646A *hendecachordal system, consisting of three tetrachords.
1847 Craig, *Endecagynous.
Ibid. ,*Endecaphyllous.
1663 Flagellum, or O. Cromwell (1672) 164 England being now cantoned under this *Hendecharchy.
1889 Muir & Morley Watts'Dict. Chem. II. 673/1n-Hendecane C11H24... Formed by the action of HI and phosphorus at 230° upon hendecoic (undecylic) acid.
1943 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) VI. 204/1 (heading)Hendecoic acids (undecoic acids), C11H22O2.
1960 Handbk. Chem. Soc. Authors iii. 49Greek numeral roots are used, except that 9 (alone or in combination) is rendered by the Latin nona (not the Greek ennea) and 11 by the Latin undeca (not the Greek hendeca).
hendeca-
word-forming element meaning "eleven," from Latinized form of Greek hendeka "eleven," from hen, neuter of eis "one" + deka "ten" (see ten).
ORIGIN: Greek hendeka eleven.
hendeca-
combining form
or hendec-
Etymology: Greek hendeka-, hendek-, from hendeka, from hen (neuter of heis one) + deka ten — more at henad, ten
: eleven
< hendecasyllable >
< hendecane >
or hendec-
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< hendecane >