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who can give me the meanings of this Greek prefixes in measurement?
deci,centi,milli,micro,nano,pico,femto,deca,hecta,kilo,mega,giga,tera.

2007-06-03 00:35:44 · 2 answers · asked by mjmg 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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deci = one tenth 1/10 = 10^-1
centi = one hundreth 1/100 = 10^-2
milli = one tousenth 1/1000 = 10^-3

( these first 3 are latin tho not greek )

Micro = one milionth 1/1000000 = 10^-6
Nano = one miliardth 10^-9
Piko = 10^-12

2007-06-03 01:43:06 · answer #1 · answered by Hideki 2 · 0 0

There's the whole chart right on this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico

2007-06-03 00:46:04 · answer #2 · answered by jsardi56 7 · 0 0

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