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Metric prefixes
Memorizing large and small units
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Chemistry
Undergraduate 1
04/14/2009
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Term
tera-
 Definition

T

 

10^12
Term
giga-
 Definition

G

 

10^9
Term
mega-
 Definition

M

 

10^6

 

1,000,000
Term
kilo-
 Definition

k

 

10^3

 

1,000
Term
hecto-
 Definition

h

 

10^2

 

100
Term
deca-
 Definition

da

 

10^1

 

10
Term
deci-
 Definition

d

 

10^-1

 

0.0
Term

centi-

 

 Definition

c

 

10^-2

 

0.01

 

1/100
Term
milli-
 Definition

m

 

10^-3

 

0.001

 

1/1000

 

 
Term
micro-
 Definition

u(with tail)

 

10^-6

 

0.000001

 

1/10^6 (one millionth)
Term
nano-
 Definition

n

 

10^-9

 

1/10^-9

 

one billionth
Term
pico-
 Definition

p

 

10^-12

 

1/10^12

 

one trillionth
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