Sunday, August 28, 2011

Powers of ten and unit prefixes


Powers of ten and unit prefixes

Power Prefixes

Prefix

Symbol

Factor

Notes

yotta

Y

1024

zetta

Z

1021

exa

E

1018

peta

P

1015

tera

T

1012

giga

G

109

mega

M

106

kilo

k

103

hecto

h

102

deka

da

101

deci

d

10-1

centi

c

10-2

milli

m

10-3

micro

µ

10-6

Use "micro" or "mu" in our conversion calculators.

nano

n

10-9

pico

p

10-12

femto

f

10-15

atto

a

10-18

zepto

z

10-21

yocto

y

10-24

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