introduction in the 1790s. Metric prefixes have also been used with some non-metric units. The SI prefixes are metric prefixes that were standardised for use...
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International System of Units (redirect from SI-prefix)
the SI provides twenty-four prefixes which, when added to the name and symbol of a coherent unit produce twenty-four additional (non-coherent) SI units...
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standardised twenty metric prefixes in resolutions dating from 1960 to 1991 for use with the International System of Units (SI). In addition to those listed...
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Micro- (redirect from Micro (SI prefix))
comes from the Greek μικρός (mikrós), meaning "small". It is the only SI prefix which uses a character not from the Latin alphabet. In Unicode, the symbol...
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Deca- (redirect from Deca (SI prefix))
It is used in many words. It is also a decimal unit prefix in the International System of Units (SI) denoting a factor of ten, with symbol da and spelled...
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Mega- (redirect from Mega (SI prefix))
"On the extension of the range of SI prefixes". 18 November 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023. "Metric (SI) Prefixes". NIST. Look up mega- in Wiktionary...
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standard (Amendment 2). They were meant to replace the metric (SI) decimal power prefixes, such as "kilo" (k, 103 = 1000), "mega" (M, 106 = 1000000) and...
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Nano- (redirect from Nano (SI prefix))
"On the extension of the range of SI prefixes". 18 November 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023. "Metric (SI) Prefixes". NIST. "Examples of Nanoscale Objects"...
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Giga- (redirect from Giga (SI prefix))
range of SI prefixes". 18 November 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023. "Metric (SI) Prefixes". NIST. "Definitions of the SI units: The binary prefixes". physics...
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Kilo- (redirect from Kilo (SI prefix))
of binary prefixes at NIST "On the extension of the range of SI prefixes". 18 November 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023. "Metric (SI) Prefixes". NIST....
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Hecto- (redirect from Hecto (SI prefix))
Young. Its unit symbol as an SI prefix in the International System of Units (SI) is the lower case letter h. The prefix is rarely used in general, but...
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numerical prefixes derived from Greek, with one principal exception, nona-. They occur as prefixes to units of measure in the SI system. See SI prefix. They...
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Milli- (redirect from Milli (SI prefix))
Louvre. Retrieved 2015-10-09. "On the extension of the range of SI prefixes". 18 November 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023. "Metric (SI) Prefixes". NIST....
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Deci- (redirect from Deci (SI prefix))
meaning "tenth". Since 1960, the prefix is part of the International System of Units (SI). A frequent use of the prefix is in the unit deciliter (dl), common...
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Centi- (redirect from Centi (SI prefix))
century, cent, percent, centennial). Since 1960, the prefix is part of the International System of Units (SI). It is mainly used in combination with the unit...
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length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for 1000). It is the preferred measurement unit...
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Square metre (category SI derived units)
System of Units (SI) with symbol m2. It is the area of a square with sides one metre in length. Adding and subtracting SI prefixes creates multiples...
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Before Present (section SI prefixes)
format also use YAP (years after present) to denote years after 1950. SI prefix multipliers may be used to express larger periods of time, e.g. ka BP...
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Micrometre (section SI standardization)
unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equalling 1×10−6 metre (SI standard prefix "micro-" = 10−6); that is, one millionth of a metre...
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Chinese numerals (section SI prefixes)
transliterations for the SI prefixes. However, the governments have each chosen different Chinese characters for certain prefixes. The following table lists...
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recommended unit symbol is MB. The unit prefix mega is a multiplier of 1000000 (106) in the International System of Units (SI). Therefore, one megabyte is one...
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equal to 1000 nanoseconds or 1⁄1,000 of a millisecond. Because the next SI prefix is 1000 times larger, measurements of 10−5 and 10−4 seconds are typically...
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System of Units (SI) equal to one billionth of a second, that is, 1⁄1 000 000 000 of a second, or 10−9 seconds. The term combines the SI prefix nano- indicating...
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000,000,000,000,000,000 (one thousand million million million; 1021; SI prefix zetta-) for all short scale countries 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000...
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Names of large numbers (section Binary prefixes)
short scale. When a number represents a quantity rather than a count, SI prefixes can be used—thus "femtosecond", not "one quadrillionth of a second"—although...
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Orders of magnitude (energy) (section SI multiples)
of magnitude. The joule is named after James Prescott Joule. As with every SI unit named for a person, its symbol starts with an upper case letter (J),...
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symbol dam ("da" for the SI prefix deca-, "m" for the SI unit metre), is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equal to ten metres....
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Numeronym (section SI prefixes)
of SI prefixes, as are commonly used to abbreviate long numbers (e.g. "1k" for 1000 or "1M" for 1000000). Examples of numeronyms using SI prefixes include...
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