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:''"Milli" redirects here; for the village in Azerbaijan, see [[Birinci Milli]]; for the [[Lil Wayne]] song, see [[A Milli]]; for similar-sounding words, see [[Millie]].'' |
:''"Milli" redirects here; for the village in Azerbaijan, see [[Birinci Milli]]; for the [[Lil Wayne]] song, see [[A Milli]]; for similar-sounding words, see [[Millie]].'' |
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'''Milli''' (symbol '''m''') is a [[SI prefix|prefix]] in the [[metric system]] denoting a factor of one thousandth (10<sup>-3</sup>).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec04.html |title=NIST Guide to the SI |format=HTML |accessdate=}}See section 4.3 ''Decimal multiples and submultiples of SI units: SI prefixes'', Table 5.</ref> Adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin ''mille'', meaning ''one thousand'' (the plural is ''milia''). |
'''Milli''' (symbol '''m''') is a [[SI prefix|prefix]] in the [[metric system]] denoting a factor of one thousandth (10<sup>-3</sup>).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec04.html |title=NIST Guide to the SI |format=HTML |accessdate=}}See section 4.3 ''Decimal multiples and submultiples of SI units: SI prefixes'', Table 5.</ref> Adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin ''mille'', meaning ''one thousand'' (the plural is ''milia''). mili has 3 zeros (technolgy class) |
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- "Milli" redirects here; for the village in Azerbaijan, see Birinci Milli; for the Lil Wayne song, see A Milli; for similar-sounding words, see Millie.
Milli (symbol m) is a prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one thousandth (10-3).[1] Adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin mille, meaning one thousand (the plural is milia). mili has 3 zeros (technolgy class)
Prefix | Base 10 | Decimal | Adoption [nb 1] | |
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Name | Symbol | |||
quetta | Q | 1030 | 1000000000000000000000000000000 | 2022[2] |
ronna | R | 1027 | 1000000000000000000000000000 | |
yotta | Y | 1024 | 1000000000000000000000000 | 1991 |
zetta | Z | 1021 | 1000000000000000000000 | |
exa | E | 1018 | 1000000000000000000 | 1975[3] |
peta | P | 1015 | 1000000000000000 | |
tera | T | 1012 | 1000000000000 | 1960 |
giga | G | 109 | 1000000000 | |
mega | M | 106 | 1000000 | 1873 |
kilo | k | 103 | 1000 | 1795 |
hecto | h | 102 | 100 | |
deca | da | 101 | 10 | |
— | — | 100 | 1 | — |
deci | d | 10−1 | 0.1 | 1795 |
centi | c | 10−2 | 0.01 | |
milli | m | 10−3 | 0.001 | |
micro | μ | 10−6 | 0.000001 | 1873 |
nano | n | 10−9 | 0.000000001 | 1960 |
pico | p | 10−12 | 0.000000000001 | |
femto | f | 10−15 | 0.000000000000001 | 1964 |
atto | a | 10−18 | 0.000000000000000001 | |
zepto | z | 10−21 | 0.000000000000000000001 | 1991 |
yocto | y | 10−24 | 0.000000000000000000000001 | |
ronto | r | 10−27 | 0.000000000000000000000000001 | 2022[2] |
quecto | q | 10−30 | 0.000000000000000000000000000001 | |
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References
- ^ "NIST Guide to the SI" (HTML).See section 4.3 Decimal multiples and submultiples of SI units: SI prefixes, Table 5.
- ^ a b "On the extension of the range of SI prefixes". 18 November 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Metric (SI) Prefixes". NIST.