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Except for the early prefixes of kilo-, hecto-, and deca-, the symbols for the prefixes for multiples are uppercase letters, and those for the prefixes for submultiples are lowercase letters. [8] All of the metric prefix symbols are made from upper- and lower-case Latin letters except for the symbol for micro, which is uniquely a Greek letter ...
mega M 1 000 000: 10 6: kilo k 1 000: 10 3: hecto h 100 10 2: deca da 10 10 1 (none) (none) 1 10 0: deci d 0.1 10 −1: centi c 0.01 10 −2: milli m 0.001 10 −3: micro μ 0.000 001: 10 −6: nano n 0.000 000 001: 10 −9: pico p 0.000 000 000 001: 10 −12
kilo mega giga tera peta exa zetta yotta ronna quetta; Prefix symbol da h k M G T ... deci centi milli micro nano pico femto atto zepto yocto ronto quecto; Prefix ...
mega M 1 000 000: 10 6: kilo k 1 000: 10 3: hecto h 100 10 2: deca da 10 10 1 (none) (none) 1 10 0: deci d 0.1 10 −1: centi c 0.01 10 −2: milli m 0.001 10 −3: micro μ 0.000 001: 10 −6: nano n 0.000 000 001: 10 −9: pico p 0.000 000 000 001: 10 −12
mega M 1 000 000: 10 6: kilo k 1 000: 10 3: hecto h 100 10 2: deca da 10 10 1 (none) (none) 1 10 0: deci d 0.1 10 −1: centi c 0.01 10 −2: milli m 0.001 10 −3: micro u 0.000 001: 10 −6: nano n 0.000 000 001: 10 −9: pico p 0.000 000 000 001: 10 −12: femto f 0.000 000 000 000 001: 10 −15: atto a 0.000 000 000 000 000 001: 10 −18 ...
mega: M: 10 6: 1 000 000: 1873 kilo: k: 10 3: 1 000: 1795 hecto: h: 10 2: 100 deca: da: 10 1: 10 — — 10 0: 1 — deci: d: 10 −1: 0.1: 1795 centi: c: 10 −2: 0.01 milli: m: 10 −3: 0.001 micro: μ: 10 −6: 0.000 001: 1873 nano: n: 10 −9: 0.000 000 001: 1960 pico: p: 10 −12: 0.000 000 000 001: femto: f: 10 −15: 0.000 000 000 000 ...
pico- (p) 0.000 000 000 001: 10 −12: −12 billionth nano- (n) 0.000 000 001: 10 −9: −9 millionth micro- 0.000 001: 10 −6: −6 thousandth milli- (m) 0.001 10 −3: −3 hundredth centi- (c) 0.01 10 −2: −2 tenth deci- (d) 0.1 10 −1: −1 one 1 10 0: 0 ten deca-(da) 10 10 1: 1 hundred hecto- (h) 100 10 2: 2 thousand kilo- (k) 1000: ...
Metric units are units based on the metre, gram or second and decimal (power of ten) multiples or sub-multiples of these. According to Schadow and McDonald, [1] metric units, in general, are those units "defined 'in the spirit' of the metric system, that emerged in late 18th century France and was rapidly adopted by scientists and engineers.