Just for reference...
NAMED POWERS OF TEN
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- N/A 1.0E+36 N/A 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000000 000 000 000
- N/A 1.0E+33 decillion 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000000 000 000
- N/A 1.0E+30 N/A 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000000 000
- N/A 1.0E+27 octillion 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000000
Y yotta- 1.0E+24 septillion 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Z zetta- 1.0E+21 sextillion 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
E exa- 1.0E+18 quintillion 1 000 000 000 000 000 000
P peta- 1.0E+15 quadrillion 1 000 000 000 000 000
T tera- 1.0E+12 trillion 1 000 000 000 000
G giga- 1.0E+9 billion 1 000 000 000
M mega- 1.0E+6 million 1 000 000
k kilo- 1.0E+3 thousand 1 000
h hecto- 1.0E+2 hundred 100
da deca- 1.0E+1 ten 10
d deci- 1.0E-1 tenth 0.1
c centi- 1.0E-2 hundredth 0.01
m milli- 1.0E-3 thousandth 0.001
u micro- 1.0E-6 millionth 0.000 001
n nano- 1.0E-9 billionth 0.000 000 001
p pico- 1.0E-12 trillionth 0.000 000 000 001
f femto- 1.0E-15 quadrillionth 0.000 000 000 000 001
a atto- 1.0E-18 quintillionth 0.000 000 000 000 000 001
z zepto- 1.0E-21 sextillionth 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001
y yocto- 1.0E-24 septillionth 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001
- N/A 1.0E-27 octillionth 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001
- N/A 1.0E-30 N/A 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001
- N/A 1.0E-33 decillionth 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001
- N/A 1.0E-36 N/A 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001
Note: vendeka, xenna, xenno, and vendeko are bogus.
Before you try using them, please read these pages:
[ http://home.att.net/~numericana/answer/units.htm#prefix ]
[ http://home.att.net/~numericana/answer/culture.htm#zillion ]
[ http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html ]
[ http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html ]
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