Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 10:40:45 -0500
From: Eric Muller <emuller@exploratorium.edu>
To: Pinhole Listserv <pinhole@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: prefixes
> Date: 4 Sep 1997 22:28:32 U
> From: FoodPhD@aol.com
> Subject: prefixes
>
> I'm looking for a complete list of all the accepted metric prefixes. I have
> from Tera- (10^12) through femto- (10^15). Can someone please supply the
> rest, both large and small? Thanks!
>
> Rob Kravets
> FoodPhD@aol.com
> Benicia High School
Hi Rob,
This is what I found. There sure are a hectolotta prefixes. It's terrabull, I
didn't know most of these.
Sincerely,
Zepto (the sextillionth Marx Brother)
> yotta- (Y-)
> 1024 (10 to the 24th power)
> 1 septillion
> zetta- (Z-)
> 1021
> 1 sextillion
> exa- (E-)
> 1018
> 1 quintillion
> peta- (P-)
> 1015
> 1 quadrillion
> tera- (T-)
> 1012
> 1 trillion
> giga- (G-)
> 109
> 1 billion
> mega- (M-)
> 106
> 1 million
> kilo- (k-)
> 103
> 1 thousand
> hecto- (h-)
> 102
> 1 hundred
> deka- (dk-)
> 10
> 1 ten
> deci- (d-)
> 10-1
> 1 tenth
> centi- (c-)
> 10-2
> 1 hundredth
> milli- (m-)
> 10-3
> 1 thousandth
> micro- (µ-)
> 10-6
> 1 millionth
> nano- (n-)
> 10-9
> 1 billionth
> pico- (p-)
> 10-12
> 1 trillionth
> femto- (f-)
> 10-15
> 1 quadrillionth
> atto- (a-)
> 10-18
> 1 quintillionth
> zepto- (z-)
> 10-21
> 1 sextillionth
> yocto- (y-)
> 10-24
> 1 septillionth
>From http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/prefixes.html
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