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  2. Metric prefix - Wikipedia

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    The prefixes deci-and centi-, and less frequently hecto-and deca-, are generally used for informal purposes; the centimetre (cm) is especially common. Some modern building codes require that the millimetre be used in preference to the centimetre, because "use of centimetres leads to extensive usage of decimal points and confusion". [ 10 ]

  3. Template:Metric prefixes (inline table) - Wikipedia

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    Standard prefixes for the metric units of measure (submultiples) ... N/A deci centi milli micro nano pico femto atto zepto yocto ronto quecto; Prefix symbol d c m μ ...

  4. Template:Common metric prefixes - Wikipedia

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    The template common metric prefixes creates an infobox that lists the most commonly used metric prefixes. The list is a subset of the list in the 8th edition of the official brochure of the BIPM (SI units and prefixes).

  5. Unit prefix - Wikipedia

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    The unit prefixes are always considered to be part of the unit, so that, e.g., in exponentiation, 1 km 2 means one square kilometre, not one thousand square metres, and 1 cm 3 means one cubic centimetre, not one hundredth of a cubic metre. In general, prefixes are used with any metric unit, but may also be used with non-metric units.

  6. Names of small numbers - Wikipedia

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    Power of ten Engineering notation [citation needed]Short scale (U.S. and modern British) Long scale (continental Europe, archaic British, and India) SI prefix SI symbol

  7. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Metric system - Wikipedia

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    The metric system is a decimal-based system of measurement. The current international standard for the metric system is the International System of Units (Système international d'unités or SI), in which all units can be expressed in terms of seven base units: the metre (m), kilogram (kg), second (s), ampere (A), kelvin (K), mole (mol), and ...

  9. Centi- - Wikipedia

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    Centi-(symbol c) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundredth. Proposed in 1793, [1] and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin centum, meaning "hundred" (cf. century, cent, percent, centennial). Since 1960, the prefix is part of the International System of Units (SI).