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Written by Garfield Lucas
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Thse are the commonly used metric multiplier prefixes...
| Unit | Abbreviation | Factor (power of ten) | Factor (number) | | Atto | a | 1.E-18 | 0.000000000000000001 | | Femto | f | 1.E-15 | 0.000000000000001 | | Pico | p | 1.E-12 | 0.000000000001 | | Nano | n | 1.E-09 | 0.000000001 | | Micro | µ | 1.E-06 | 0.000001 | | Milli | m | 1.E-03 | 0.001 | | Centi | c | 1.E-02 | 0.01 | | Deci | d | 1.E-01 | 0.1 | | | (none) | 0 | 0 | | Deca | da | 1.E+01 | 10 | | Hecto | h | 1.E+02 | 100 | | Kilo | k | 1.E+03 | 1,000 | | Myria | (rare) | 1.E+04 | 10,000 | | Mega | M | 1.E+06 | 1,000,000 | | Giga | G | 1.E+09 | 1,000,000,000 | | Tera | T | 1.E+12 | 1,000,000,000,000 | | Peta | P | 1.E+15 | 1,000,000,000,000,000 | | Exa | E | 1.E+18 | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
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Last Updated ( 2008-01-09 10:47 UTC )
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