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Système International Prefixes

This is a list of the Système International d’Unités (SI) prefixes, most commonly used as prefixes in the metric measurement system. Note that the prefixes myria-, hecto-, deka-, deci-, and centi- are avoided in scientific work.

PrefixSymbolPowerEquivalent
Yotta- Y 1024 Septillion
Zetta- Z 1021 Sextillion
Exa- E 1018 Quintillion
Peta- P 1015 Quadrillion
Tera- T 1012 Trillion
Giga- G 109 Billion
Mega- M 106 Million
Myria- my 104 Ten thousand
Kilo- k 103 Thousand
Hecto- h 102 Hundred
Deka- da 101 Ten
Deci- d 10−1 Tenth
Centi- c 10−2 Hundredth
Milli- m 10−3 Thousandth
Micro- µ 10−6 Millionth
Nano- n 10−9 Billionth
Pico- p 10−12 Trillionth
Femto- f 10−15 Quadrillionth
Atto- a 10−18 Quintillionth
Zepto- z 10−21 Sextillionth
Yocto- y 10−24 Septillionth