词根词缀：chordo-, chord-, cordo-, cord-

【来源及含义】Greek: khorde, "gut string" [of a lyre]; used in an extended sense to mean "sinew, flexible rod-shaped organ, string, cord"; Latin: chorda, "related notes in music, string of a musical instrument, cat-gut" via Old French, corde, "rope, string, twist, cord"

【同源单词】anemochord, cephalochordata, chordata, chordectomy, chorditis, chronic subglottic laryngitis

词根词缀：deca-, dec-, deka-, dek-

【来源及含义】Greek: ten; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements

【相关描述】In the metric [decimal] system, deka- is used to show whole units: ten [U.S.] and tenfold [U.K.]; 10¹ [10]. The metric symbol for deka- is da.

【相关词根词缀】 Related "metric" families: yotta; zetta; exa; peta; tera; giga; mega; kilo; hecto; deci; centi; milli; micro; nano; pico; femto; atto; zepto; yocto.

【同源单词】decachord, decade, decagon, decagonal, decagram, decagramme