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A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times the principal unit.

ocess of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.

Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive; resolute; as, a decided opinion or purpose.

The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.

An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.

To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end. "To define controversies." Barrow.

Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval. Elements combine in definite proportions. Whewell.

A prefix signifying ten. See Deca-.

To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation. Gladstone.

A prefix, signifying half.

The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.

A word formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root.

A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.

uture condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for. We are decreed, Reserved, and destined to eternal woe. Milton. Till the loathso…

The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual. But who can turn the stream of destiny Spenser. Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. Longfellow. The Dest…

Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite. Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet. Dryden.

That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution. So bloodthirsty a determination to obtain convictions. Hallam.

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate. [God] hath determined the times before appointed. Acts xvii. 26.

A prefix which formerly properly indicated the second in a regular series of compound in the series, and not to its composition, but which is now generally employed in the same sense as bi- or di-, although little used.