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Chemistry
11th Grade
09/07/2008

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Term
tera
Definition
Unit abbr: T
Exponential factor: 10^12
Meaning:1 000 000 000 000
Example: 1 terameter (Tm)= 1x10^12 m
Term
giga
Definition
Unit abbr:G
Exponential factor:10^9
Meaning:1 000 000 000
Example:1 gigameter (Gm)= 1x10^9m
Term
mega
Definition
Unit abbr:M
Exponential factor:10^6
Meaning:1 000 000
Example:1 megameter (Mm)=1x10^6
Term
kilo
Definition
Unit abbr:k
Exponential factor:10^3
Meaning:1000
Example:1 kilometer (km)=1000 m
Term
hecto
Definition
Unit abbr:h
Exponential factor:10^2
Meaning:100
Example:1 hectometer (hm) =100m
Term
deka
Definition
Unit abbr: da
Exponential factor: 10^1
Meaning:10
Example:1 dekameter (dam)=10m
Term
Base
Definition
Exponential factor:10^0
Meaning:1
Example:1 meter(m)
Term
deci
Definition
Unit abbr: d
Exponential factor: 10^-1
Meaning:1/10
Example:1 decimeter (dm) = 0.1m
Term
centri
Definition
Unit abbr: c
Exponential factor:10^-2
Meaning:1/100
Example:1 centimeter (cm) = 0.01
Term
milli
Definition
Unit abbr:m
Exponential factor: 10^-3
Meaning:1/1000
Example:1 millimeter (mm)= 0.001m
Term
micro
Definition
Unit abbr:
Exponential factor:10^-6
Meaning:1/1 000 000
Example:1 micrometer
Term
nano
Definition
Unit abbr:n
Exponential factor:10^-9
Meaning:1/100 000 000
Example:
Term
pico
Definition
Unit abbr:
Exponential factor:p
Meaning:10^-12
Example:1/1 000 000 000 000
Term
femto
Definition
Unit abbr: f
Exponential factor:10^-15
Meaning:1/1 000 000 000 000 000
Example:1 femtometer (fm)= 1x10^-18m
Term
atto
Definition
Unit abbr:a
Exponential factor:10^-18
Meaning:1/1 000 000 000 000 000 000
Example:
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