TBLEN10004: Metric prefixes / Prefixes or the SI-System (= Système international d’unités) / Präfixe für das Internationale Einheitensystem
The prefixes follow a decimal pattern.
| Prefix | Symbol | Value | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quetta | Q | 1030 | Quintillion |
| Ronna | R | 1027 | Quadrillliarde |
| Yotta | Y | 1024 | Quadrillion |
| Zetta | Z | 1021 | Trilliarde |
| Exa | E | 1018 | Trillion |
| Peta | P | 1015 | Billiarde |
| Tera | T | 1012 | Billion |
| Giga | G | 109 | Milliarde |
| Mega | M | 106 | Million |
| Kilo | K or k | 103 | Tausend |
| Hekto | h | 102 | Hundert |
| Deka | da | 101 | Zehn |
| - | - | 1 | Eins |
| Dezi | d | 10-1 | Zehntel |
| Zenti | c | 10-2 | Hunderstel |
| Milli | m | 10-3 | Tausendstel |
| Mikro | µ | 10-6 | Millionstel |
| Nano | n | 10-9 | Milliardstel |
| Piko | p | 10-12 | Billionstel |
| Femto | f | 10-15 | Billiardstel |
| Atto | a | 10-18 | Trillionstel |
| Zepto | z | 10-21 | Trilliardstel |
| Yokto | y | 10-24 | Quadrillionstel |
| Ronto | r | 10-27 | Quadrilliardstel |
| Quekto | q | 10-30 | Quintillionstel |
Please notice the following inconsistencies:
Values smaller than 1 have a lowercase character and multiples have a highercase character. There are 3 exception here: Deka (da), Hekto (h) and Kilo (k). This is historical.
The high values end on "a" the low values end on "o".
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Latest update: 09-01-2023 | Comment: