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Chemistry.
a prefix used to designate the first element of the same family in the periodic table beyond the one to whose name it is prefixed, as ekaselenium for technetium.
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Origin of eka-
From the Sanskrit word eka one
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How to use eka- in a sentence
The Pandavas went therefore to Eka-chakra and lived with a Brahman who had a wife and a daughter and an infant son.
Indian Myth and Legend|Donald Alexander MackenzieThereafter Pritha's son dragged the monster's body to the main gate of Eka-chakra.
Indian Myth and Legend|Donald Alexander MackenzieEka waiting waist-deep in the snow for the Founder to instruct him.
Zen Buddhism|Arthur WaleyThe hypothetical Eka aluminium of Mendelejeff appears therefore to correspond with the gallium of Boisbaudran.