A metric prefix is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or submultiple of the unit. All metric prefixes used today...
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of various sizes are commonly formed by the use of such prefixes. The prefixes of the metric system, such as kilo and milli, represent multiplication...
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Mega- (redirect from Mega (metric prefix))
Look up mega- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mega is a unit prefix in metric systems of units denoting a factor of one million (106 or 1000000). It...
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Giga- (redirect from Giga (metric prefix))
Giga- (/ˈɡɪɡə/ or /ˈdʒɪɡə/) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of a short-scale billion or long-scale milliard (109 or 1,000,000,000)...
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Micro- (redirect from Micro (metric prefix))
free dictionary. Micro (Greek letter μ, mu, non-italic) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one millionth (10-6). It comes from the...
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Deci- (redirect from Deci (metric prefix))
d) is a decimal unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one tenth. Proposed in 1793, and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin...
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Kilo- (redirect from Kilo (metric prefix))
kilo- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kilo is a decimal unit prefix in the metric system denoting multiplication by one thousand (103). It is used...
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Deca- (redirect from Deca (metric prefix))
internationally (or "deka" in American spelling). The prefix was a part of the original metric system in 1795. It is not in very common usage, although...
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small quantities via decimal-based multiplicative unit prefixes. Though the rules governing the metric system have changed over time, the modern definition...
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Nano- (redirect from Nano (metric prefix))
dictionary. Nano (symbol n) is a unit prefix meaning one billionth. Used primarily with the metric system, this prefix denotes a factor of 10−9 or 0.000000001...
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Hecto- (redirect from Hecto (metric prefix))
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hecto (symbol: h) is a decimal unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundred. It was adopted as a multiplier...
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Milli- (redirect from Milli (metric prefix))
m) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one thousandth (10−3). Proposed in 1793, and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the...
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Centi- (redirect from Centi (metric prefix))
(symbol c) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundredth. Proposed in 1793, and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin...
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International System of Units (redirect from Metric system prefix)
Here the metric prefix 'kilo-' (symbol 'k') stands for a factor of 1000; thus, 1 km = 1000 m. The SI provides twenty-four metric prefixes that signify...
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Bound and unbound morphemes English prefix List of Greek and Latin roots in English substring#Prefix Metric prefix Wilson 2011, p. 152–153. sfn error:...
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Myria- (redirect from Myria (metric prefix))
obsolete decimal metric prefix denoting a factor of 104 (ten thousand). It originates from the Greek μύριοι (mýrioi) (myriad). The prefix was part of the...
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an international set of metric prefixes, which are used in the world's standard measurement system. In the following prefixes, a final vowel is normally...
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as the base unit of time, and forms multiples and submultiples with metric prefixes such as kiloseconds and milliseconds. Other units of time – minute...
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60027-2 standard (Amendment 2). They were meant to replace the metric (SI) decimal power prefixes, such as "kilo" (k, 103 = 1000), "mega" (M, 106 = 1000000)...
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the ratios of these units are not powers of 10. Instead, metric units use multiplier prefixes that magnifies or diminishes the value of the unit by powers...
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Tonne (redirect from Metric tonne)
1842, when there were no metric prefixes for multiples of 106 and above, and is now used as the standard spelling for the metric mass measurement in most...
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unless it begins a sentence.: 147–148 The gauss may be combined with metric prefixes,: 128 such as in milligauss, mG (or mGs), or kilogauss, kG (or kGs)...
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List of numbers (section SI prefixes)
this form as 3.94 × 105. Integers are used as prefixes in the SI system. A metric prefix is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate...
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Millimetre (redirect from Metric line)
unit symbols without distorting the grid layout of text characters. On a metric ruler, the smallest measurements are normally millimetres. High-quality...
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symbol kg. The word "kilogram" is formed from the combination of the metric prefix kilo- (meaning one thousand) and gram; it is colloquially shortened...
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issues of the kilobyte. In the International System of Units (SI) the metric prefix kilo means 1,000 (103); therefore, one kilobyte is 1000 bytes. The unit...
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abbreviated as b, bil or bn. In standard form, it is written as 1 × 109. The metric prefix giga indicates 1,000,000,000 times the base unit. Its symbol is G. One...
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Hebdo- (redirect from Hebdo (metric prefix))
Hebdo- (symbol H) is an obsolete decimal metric prefix equal to 107. It is derived from the Greek hebdοmos (Greek: ἕβδομος) meaning seventh. The definition...
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commonly abbreviated: in British English as m (not to be confused with the metric prefix "m" milli, for 10−3, or with metre), M, MM ("thousand thousands", from...
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Micri- (redirect from Micri (metric prefix))
Micri- (unit symbol mc-) is an archaic non-SI decimal metric prefix for 10−14. It was proposed as a prefix for the CGS-unit of energy, the erg. The micrierg...
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