A metric prefix is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or submultiple of the unit. All metric prefixes used today...
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International System of Units (redirect from Metric system prefix)
the metric prefix 'kilo-' (symbol 'k') stands for a factor of 1000; thus, 1 km = 1000 m. The current version of the SI provides twenty-four metric prefixes...
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of various sizes are commonly formed by the use of such prefixes. The prefixes of the metric system, such as kilo and milli, represent multiplication...
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Kilo- (redirect from Kilo (metric prefix))
kilo- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kilo is a decimal unit prefix in the metric system denoting multiplication by one thousand (103). It is used...
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Giga- (redirect from Giga (metric prefix))
Giga- (/ˈɡɪɡə/ or /ˈdʒɪɡə/) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of a short-scale billion or long-scale milliard (109 or 1,000,000,000)...
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Micro- (redirect from Micro (metric prefix))
mu, non-italic) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10−6 (one millionth). Confirmed in 1960, the prefix comes from the Greek μικρός...
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Hecto- (redirect from Hecto (metric prefix))
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hecto (symbol: h) is a decimal unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundred. It was adopted as a multiplier...
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Mega- (redirect from Mega (metric prefix))
Look up mega- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mega is a unit prefix in metric systems of units denoting a factor of one million (106 or 1000000). It...
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Deca- (redirect from Deca (metric prefix))
spelling) is a decimal unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of ten. The prefix was a part of the original metric system in 1795. It is not...
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Milli- (redirect from Milli (metric prefix))
m) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one thousandth (10−3). Proposed in 1793, and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the...
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Nano- (redirect from Nano (metric prefix))
dictionary. Nano (symbol n) is a unit prefix meaning one billionth. Used primarily with the metric system, this prefix denotes a factor of 10−9 or 0.000000001...
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Bound and unbound morphemes English prefix List of Greek and Latin roots in English substring#Prefix Metric prefix Wilson 2011, p. 152–153. sfn error:...
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Centi- (redirect from Centi (metric prefix))
(symbol c) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundredth. Proposed in 1793, and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin...
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candela. In the metric system, multiples and submultiples of units follow a decimal pattern. A common set of decimal-based prefixes that have the effect...
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an international set of metric prefixes, which are used in the world's standard measurement system. In the following prefixes, a final vowel is normally...
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Deci- (redirect from Deci (metric prefix))
d) is a decimal unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one tenth. Proposed in 1793, and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin...
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Millimetre (redirect from Metric line)
unit symbols without distorting the grid layout of text characters. On a metric ruler, the smallest measurements are normally millimetres. High-quality...
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60027-2 standard (Amendment 2). They were meant to replace the metric (SI) decimal power prefixes, such as "kilo" ("k", 103 = 1000), "mega" ("M", 106 = 1000000)...
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Myria- (redirect from Myria (metric prefix))
obsolete decimal metric prefix denoting a factor of 104 (ten thousand). It originates from the Greek μύριοι (mýrioi) (myriad). The prefix was part of the...
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kibibyte is 1024 bytes. In the International System of Units (SI) the metric prefix kilo means 1000 (103); therefore, one kilobyte is 1000 bytes. The unit...
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Tonne (redirect from Metric tonne)
1842, when there were no metric prefixes for multiples of 106 and above, and is now used as the standard spelling for the metric mass measurement in most...
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as the base unit of time, and forms multiples and submultiples with metric prefixes such as kiloseconds and milliseconds. Other units of time – minute...
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the ratios of these units are not powers of 10. Instead, metric units use multiplier prefixes that magnifies or diminishes the value of the unit by powers...
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Conversion of units, for comparison with other units of length Cubic metre Metric prefix Mileage Odometer Orders of magnitude (length) Square kilometre "Kilometre"...
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per second Binary prefix Bit rate List of interface bit rates Orders of magnitude (bit rate) Orders of magnitude (data) Metric prefix Instructions per...
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organizations, memory semiconductor chips are still marketed using the metric prefix names to designate binary multiples. Using the common byte size of eight...
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By convention, file size units use either a metric prefix (as in megabyte and gigabyte) or a binary prefix (as in mebibyte and gibibyte). When a file is...
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Mu (letter) (section Prefix for units of measurement)
prefix denoting a factor of 10−6 (one millionth), in this context, the symbol's name is "micro". Metric prefix International System of Units prefix,...
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of memory units based on powers of 2 most practical. The use of the metric prefix kilo for binary multiples arose as a convenience, because 1,024 is approximately...
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Names of large numbers (section Binary prefixes)
Metric prefix – Order of magnitude indicator Names of small numbers Number names – Word or phrase which describes a numerical quantity Number prefix –...
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