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Definition of hecto- combining form from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hecto-

combining form

/hektə/

/hektə/

(specialist)

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(in nouns; often used in units of measurement) one hundred
- hectometre
Word Originfrom French, formed irregularly by contraction of Greek hekaton ‘hundred’.

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