The classical Latin and Greek languages are the sources of the prefixes 'octa-', 'hexa-', and 'penta-'. The prefixes respectively mean 'eight', 'six', and 'five'. They come into English by way of the Latin of the ancient Romans and by way of the even earlier Greek of the ancient Greeks.
The classical Latin and Greek languages are the sources of the prefixes 'octa-', 'hexa-', and 'penta-'. The prefixes respectively mean 'eight', 'six', and 'five'. They come into English by way of the Latin of the ancient Romans and by way of the even earlier Greek of the ancient Greeks.
In general, poly. Specifically, there are infinite prefixes. Examples include deca, octa, and penta.
The prefixes in chemistry are used to indicate the quantity of atoms in a chemical compound. Common prefixes include mono-, di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta-, octa-, nona-, and deca-. These prefixes are placed before the element name to specify the number of atoms present.
mono-1 di-2 tri-3 tetra-4 penta-5 hexa-6 hepta-7 octa-8 nano-9 deca-10
5 = penta 6 = hexa 7 = hepta 8 = octa 9 = nona 10 = deca
The Greek prefixes for 3, 5, and 7 are "tri-", "penta-", and "hepta-" respectively.
Have someone help you edit your question; we can't quite understand what you want to know. There are many different kinds of polygon, polygon is a general term for any enclosed plane figure with straight sides. If you take away the 'poly' and add other prefixes like penta-, hexa- octa- or deca-, that tells you how many sides that polygon has. Penta means 5, hexa means six, octa means 8, deca means 10. There are many other ways to describe polygons.
Improved Answer:- They mean 6 and 8 respectively
The chemical formula for pentachlorine octaoxide is Cl5O8.
The first five prefixes used in molecular compounds are: 1 mono-, 2 di-, 3 tri-, 4 tetra- and 5 penta-.
The prefixes for the covalent compound N2O5 are di- (two nitrogen atoms) and penta- (five oxygen atoms).