decagram

See also: deca-gram

English

Alternative forms

• decagramme, deca-gramme, dekagramme, deka-gramme (UK)
• deca-gram, dekagram, deka-gram

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkəɡɹæm/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Etymology 1

From French décagramme. By surface analysis, deca- +‎ gram.

Noun

decagram (plural decagrams)

1. (metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10¹ grams. Symbol: dag

Synonyms

• DAg
• dag
• DAG
• Dag
• Dg
• DG
• DKg
• Dkg
• dkg
• DKG

Translations

ten grams

• Czech: dekagram (cs)
• Dutch: decagram (nl) n or m
• Finnish: dekagramma (fi)
• French: décagramme m
• Galician: decagramo m
• Greek: δεκάγραμμα (dekágramma)
• Hindi: दशग्राम m (daśagrām)
• Hungarian: dekagramm (hu)
• Indonesian: dekagram (id)
• Italian: decagrammo (it) m
• Malay: dekagram
• Polish: dekagram (pl) m
• Russian: декаграмм (ru) m (dekagramm)
• Spanish: decagramo (es) m
• Swedish: dekagram (sv) n
• Telugu: డెకాగ్రాము (ḍekāgrāmu)
• Thai: เดคากรัม

Etymology 2

A regular decagram

From deca- +‎ -gram.

Noun

decagram (plural decagrams)

1. (geometry) A ten-pointed star polygon.

Related terms

• pentagram (5-pointed)
• hexagram (6-pointed)
• heptagram (7-pointed)
• octogram (8-pointed)
• nonagram (9-pointed)

Translations

ten-pointed star

• Finnish: kymmenkanta, dekagrammi
• Hindi: दशरेखा f (daśrekhā)
• Polish: gwiazda z dziesięcioma końcami f
• Russian: декаграмма f (dekagramma)
• Spanish: decagrama m

Anagrams

• card game, cardgame, gamecard

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French décagramme. Equivalent to deca- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.kaːˌɣrɑm/
• Hyphenation: de‧ca‧gram

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

decagram n or m (plural decagrammen, no diminutive)

1. decagramme, decagram (10 gramme)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: dékagram
• → Papiamentu: dekagram

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French décagramme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.kaˈɡram/

Noun

decagram n (plural decagrame)

1. decagram

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	decagram	decagramul		decagrame	decagramele
genitive-dative	decagram	decagramului		decagrame	decagramelor
vocative	decagramule			decagramelor

Further reading

• “decagram”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025