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milli

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
A
  1. m
  2. 10 ^-3
  3. 1 / 1000 = 0.001
  4. thousandths
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  1. m
  2. 10^-3
  3. 1 / 1000 = 0.001
  4. thousandths
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milli

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
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micro

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
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  1. μ
  2. 10 ^-6
  3. 1 / 1000 000 = 0.000 001
  4. millionth
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  1. μ
  2. 10 ^-6
  3. 1 / 1000 000
  4. millionth
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micro

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
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nano

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
A
  1. n
  2. 10 ^-9
  3. 1 / 1000 000 000 = 0.000 000 001
  4. billionth
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  1. n
  2. 10 ^-9
  3. 1 / 1000 000 000 = 0.000000001
  4. billionth
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nano

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
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pico

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
A
  1. p
  2. 10 ^ -12
  3. 1 / 1000 000 000 000 = 0.000 000 000 001
  4. trillionth
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  1. p
  2. 10 ^ -12
  3. 1 / 1000 000 000 000 = 0.000000000001
  4. trillionth
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pico

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
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femto

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
A
  1. f
  2. 10 ^-15
  3. 1 / 1000 000 000 000 000 = 0.000 000 000 000 001
  4. quadrillionth
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  1. f
  2. 10 ^-15
  3. 1 / 1000 000 000 000 000 = 0.000000000000001
  4. quadrillionth
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femto

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
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kilo

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
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  1. k
  2. 10 ^3
  3. 1 X 1000 = 1000
  4. thousand
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  1. k
  2. 10 ^3
  3. 1 X 1000 = 1000
  4. thousand
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kilo

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
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mega

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
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  1. M
  2. 10 ^6
  3. 1 X 1 000 000 = 1 000 000
  4. million
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  1. M
  2. 10 ^6
  3. 1 X 1 000 000 = 1 000 000
  4. million
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mega

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
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giga

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
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  1. G
  2. 10 ^9
  3. 1 X 1 000 000 000 = 1 000 000 000
  4. billion
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  1. G
  2. 10 ^9
  3. 1 X 1 000 000 000 = 1 000 000 000
  4. billion
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giga

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
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tera

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
A
  1. T
  2. 10 ^ 12
  3. 1 X 1 000 000 000 000 = 1 000 000 000 000
  4. trillion
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  1. T
  2. 10 ^ 12
  3. 1 X 1 000 000 000 000 = 1 000 000 000 000
  4. trillion
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tera

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
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peta

  1. symbol
  2. power
  3. decimal
  4. English word for decimal
A
  1. P
  2. 10 ^ 15
  3. 1 X 1 000 000 000 000 000 = 1 000 000 000 000 000
  4. quadrillion
20
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from pico to peta list the names of metric units

A
  1. pico - trillionth
  2. nano - billionth
  3. micro - millionth
  4. milli - thousandth
    5 centi - hundredth
  5. deci - tenth
  6. 1 - base
  7. deca - ten
  8. hecto - hundred
  9. kilo - thousand
  10. mega - million
  11. giga - billion
  12. tera - trillion
  13. peta - quadrillion

units in metric system (1 decks)

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