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prefix SI symbol 10 0: 1: One: 10 −1: 100×10 −3: One Tenth: deci-d: 10 −2: 10×10 −3: One One-Hundredth: centi-c: 10 −3: 1×10 −3: One One-Thousandth: milli-m: 10 −6: 1×10 −6: One One-Millionth: micro-μ: 10 −9: 1×10 −9: One One-Billionth: One One-Milliardth: nano-n: 10 −12: 1×10 −12: One One-Trillionth: One One ...
Numerical prefixes are not restricted to denoting integers. Some of the SI prefixes denote negative powers of 10, i.e. division by a multiple of 10 rather than multiplication by it. Several common-use numerical prefixes denote vulgar fractions. Words containing non-technical numerical prefixes are usually not hyphenated.
French 1 decime coin, equal to 1 / 10 of a franc. First Republic.. Deci-(symbol d) is a decimal unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one tenth.Proposed in 1793, [1] and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin decimus, meaning "tenth".
Numerical prefixes for multiplication of compound or complex (as in complicated) features are created by adding kis to the basic numerical prefix, with the exception of numbers 2 and 3, which are bis- and tris-, respectively.
The prefixes myria-, [2] [3] [4] (from the Greek μύριοι, mýrioi), double-and demi-, denoting factors of 10 000, 2 and 1 ⁄ 2 respectively, [5] were parts of the original metric system adopted in France in 1795, but they were not retained when the SI prefixes were agreed internationally by the 11th CGPM conference in 1960.
In this way, numbers up to 10 3·999+3 = 10 3000 (short scale) or 10 6·999 = 10 5994 (long scale) may be named. The choice of roots and the concatenation procedure is that of the standard dictionary numbers if n is 9 or smaller. For larger n (between 10 and 999), prefixes can be constructed based on a system described by Conway and Guy. [17]
The template common metric prefixes creates an infobox that lists the most commonly used metric ... 10 −1: centi c 0.01 10 −2: milli m 0.001 10 −3: micro μ 0. ...
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from P to Z. See also the lists from A to G and from H to O . Some of those used in medicine and medical technology are not listed here but instead in the entry for List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes .