SI prefixes and Symblols

SI prefixes and Symbols

1000^m	10ⁿ	Prefix	Symbol	Since	Short scale	Long scale	Decimal
1000⁸	10²⁴	yotta	Y	1991	Septillion	Quadrillion	1000000000000000000000000
1000⁷	10²¹	zetta	Z	1991	Sextillion	Trilliard	1000000000000000000000
1000⁶	10¹⁸	exa	E	1975	Quintillion	Trillion	1000000000000000000
1000⁵	10¹⁵	peta	P	1975	Quadrillion	Billiard	1000000000000000
1000⁴	10¹²	tera	T	1960	Trillion	Billion	1000000000000
1000³	10⁹	giga	G	1960	Billion	Milliard	1000000000
1000²	10⁶	mega	M	1960	Million		1 000 000
1000¹	10³	kilo	k	1795	Thousand		1000
1000^²⁄₃	10²	hecto	h	1795	Hundred		100
1000^¹⁄₃	10¹	deca	da	1795	Ten		10
1000⁰	10⁰	(none)	(none)	NA	One		1
1000^−¹⁄₃	10⁻¹	deci	d	1795	Tenth		0.1
1000^−²⁄₃	10⁻²	centi	c	1795	Hundredth		0.01
1000⁻¹	10⁻³	milli	m	1795	Thousandth		0.001
1000⁻²	10⁻⁶	micro	µ	1960^[2]	Millionth		0.000001
1000⁻³	10⁻⁹	nano	n	1960	Billionth	Milliardth	0.000000001
1000⁻⁴	10⁻¹²	pico	p	1960	Trillionth	Billionth	0.000000000001
1000⁻⁵	10⁻¹⁵	femto	f	1964	Quadrillionth	Billiardth	0.000000000000001
1000⁻⁶	10⁻¹⁸	atto	a	1964	Quintillionth	Trillionth	0.000000000000000001
1000⁻⁷	10⁻²¹	zepto	z	1991	Sextillionth	Trilliardth	0.000000000000000000001
1000⁻⁸	10⁻²⁴	yocto	y	1991	Septillionth	Quadrillionth	0.000000000000000000000001

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