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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.
-ite. 1. A suffix used to form the names of minerals, such as hematite and malachite. 2. A suffix used to form the name of a salt or ester of a specified acid whose name ends in-ous. Such salts or esters have one oxygen atom fewer than corresponding salts or esters with names ending in-ate.For example, a nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid and contains the group NO 2, while a nitrate contains NO 3.ite. suffix forming nouns. 1. a native or inhabitant of: Israelite. 2. a follower or advocate of; a member or supporter of a group: Luddite; labourite. 3. (Biology) (in biology) indicating a division of a body or organ: somite. 4. (Geological Science) indicating a mineral or rock: nephrite; peridotite.