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Friday, May 21, 2004
Prefixes for decimal multiples of units and parts of units
prefix |
abbreviation |
meaning |
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| tera | T |
trillion times | = 1012 | = | 1,000,000,000,000 |
| giga | G |
billion times | = 109 | = | 1,000,000,000 |
| mega | M |
millionfold | = 106 | = | 1,000,000 |
| kilo | k |
thousandfold | = 103 | = | 1,000 |
| hecto | h |
hundredfold | = 102 | = | 100 |
| deca | da |
tenfold | = 101 | = | 10 |
| initial value | = 100 | = | 1 | ||
| deci | d |
tenth | = 10-1 | = | 0.1 |
| centi | c |
hundredth | = 10-2 | = | 0.01 |
| milli | m |
thousands | = 10-3 | = | 0.001 |
| micro | µ |
millionth | = 10-6 | = | 0.000 001 |
| nano | n |
billions | = 10-9 | = | 0.000 000 001 |
| pico | p |
trillions | = 10-12 | = | 0.000 000 000 001 |
