Trivia - Metric Prefixes

SI Prefix	Symbol	Amount	Since	Notes	Obsolete	Bogus
		10^+33				una-
		10^+30				dea-
		10^+27				nea-
yotta-, yota-	Y	10^+24	1991	Next-to-last letter of the Latin alphabet Y -> Greek iota		otta-
zetta-, zeta-	Z	10^+21	1991	Last letter of the Latin alphabet Z -> Greek zeta		hepa-
exa-	E	10^+18	1975	18 = 6 * 3 -> six = Greek hex -> Hexa - H = exa
peta-	P	10^+15	1975	15 = 5 * 3 -> five = Greek pente -> peNta - N = peta
tera-	T	10^+12	1960	Greek teras = monster	megamega- (MM)
giga-	G	10^+9	1960	Latin gigas = giant	kilomega- (kM)
mega-	M	10^+6	Ή	Greek megas = great
		10^+5			hectokilo- (hk)
		10^+4	1795		myria- (ma, my)
kilo-	k	10^+3	1793	Greek khilioi = 1000
hecto-	h	10^+2	1793
deca-, deka-	da	10^+1	1793			dk
		10^0
deci-	d	10^-1	1793
centi-	c	10^-2	1793
milli-	m	10^-3	1793
		10^-4			decimilli-, dimi- (dm)
		10^-5			centimilli- (cm)
micro-	΅	10^-6		Greek mikros = small
nano-	n	10^-9	1960	Greek nanos = little old man, dwarf	millimicro- (m΅)
pico-	p	10^-12	1960	Spanish pico = beak, small quantity	micromicro- (΅΅)
femto-	f	10^-15	1964	Danish or Norwegian femten = fifteen
atto-	a	10^-18	1964	Danish or Norwegian atten = eighteen
zepto-	z	10^-21	1991			ento-
yocto-, yokto-	y	10^-24	1991			fito-
		10^-27				syto-
		10^-30				tredo-
		10^-33				revo-

Ή: Used c.1870; legal in France since 1919

College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley: Metric Prefixes

ThinkQuest: ChemistReality: Conversion Factor Table

Numericana: Final Answers by Gιrard P. Michon, Ph.D.: Measurements and Units (Click on "All metric prefixes" for Official SI Metric Prefixes)

Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM): The International System of Units (SI) prefixes

The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS): Federal Standard 1037C: International System of Units (SI)

Brighton University Resource Kit for Students - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (Click on "P" then click on "prefix")

How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement: Metric Prefixes

California Institute of Technology: Roy Williams: Etymology of Units

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC): The peta- principle by Jim Binder

Appendix C of NIST Handbook 44: Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices: General Tables of Units of Measurement

A Dictionary of Measures, Units and Conversions (See: The Prefixes of the SI)

Hallym Univ. Dept. of Physics: Metric Prefixes & Number Names

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Old_tools/units.htm [The page cannot be found]

http://www.dlsc.dla.mil/fiigs/A010B/chart1.htm [The page cannot be displayed]

http://pages.prodigy.com/J/T/L/jtbagwell/power10t.htm [The page cannot be found]

http://www.lubrizol.com/referencelibrary/readyreference/17-CalcsConversions/SI.htm [The page cannot be found]

http://nmsmn.com/~cservin/jargon/q/quantifiers.html [The page cannot be displayed]

U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. (Lots of links)

sci.math FAQ: Name of Large Numbers

University of California (Riverside) Department of Mathematics: John Baez: Notation used in the Physics FAQ and in the sci.physics newsgroups (See Large and small numbers and SI prefixes)

James Riordan, University of Minnesota: Metric Prefixes

Leslie E. Bauman, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Mississippi State University: PH2233 Helpful Information

PetaHertz: Systeme International (SI) prefixes for large and small numbers

EDR (Eksperimenterende Danske Radioamatψrer) VHF Committee: SI Prefixes

Katherine E. McDermott, Faculty Computer Consultant, Seattle Central Community College: Powers of Ten--compiled from various websites