introduction in the 1790s. Metric prefixes have also been used with some non-metric units. The SI prefixes are metric prefixes that were standardised for use...
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International System of Units (redirect from SI Unit Prefixes)
units formed by using the SI prefixes.: 138 The kilogram is the only coherent SI unit whose name and symbol include a prefix. For historical reasons,...
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Units of various sizes are commonly formed by the use of such prefixes. The prefixes of the metric system, such as kilo and milli, represent multiplication...
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use of SI prefixes to denote binary multiples, and recommended or mandated the use of the IEC prefixes for that purpose, but the use of SI prefixes in this...
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Micro- (redirect from Micro (SI prefix))
"On the extension of the range of SI prefixes". 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2023-02-05. "Metric (SI) Prefixes". NIST. Prefixes of the International System of Units...
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Numeral or number prefixes are prefixes derived from numerals or occasionally other numbers. In English and many other languages, they are used to coin...
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Mega- (redirect from Mega (SI prefix))
"On the extension of the range of SI prefixes". 18 November 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023. "Metric (SI) Prefixes". NIST. Look up mega- in Wiktionary...
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Kilo- (redirect from Kilo (SI prefix))
adopted, definitions of the SI prefixes", instead of kilo for 1024. To address this conflict, a new set of binary prefixes has been introduced, which is...
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Deca- (redirect from Deca (SI prefix))
"On the extension of the range of SI prefixes". 18 November 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023. "Metric (SI) Prefixes". NIST. Look up deca- in Wiktionary...
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Giga- (redirect from Giga (SI prefix))
these prefixes are not part of the SI, they should be used in the field of information technology to avoid the incorrect usage of the SI prefixes. NIST...
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