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Hecto or hecta is a decimal unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundred.It was adopted as a multiplier in 1795, and comes from the Greek á¼ÎºÎ±ÏÏÎ½ hekaton, meaning hundred.Based on a proposal by Thomas Young, the prefix was often alternatively spelled hecato-in early 19th century sources. Its unit symbol as an SI prefix in the International System of Units (SI) is the lower case letter h.t was adopted as a multiplier in 1795, and comes from the Greek á¼ÎºÎ±ÏÏÎ½ hekaton, meaning hundred. Based on a proposal by Thomas Young, the prefix was often alternatively spelled hecato-in early 19th century sources.
National variations in spelling of the prefixes are allowed by the SI. In Italian, for example, hecto- is spelled etto- and kilo- is spelled chilo-. The symbols, however, are the same in all languages, so dam (not dkm) is the symbol for the dekameter and km is the symbol for the Italian chilometro.