Prefix
Symbol
Factor
Power
tera
T
1000 000 000 000
1012
giga
G
1000 000 000
109
mega
M
1000 000
106
kilo
k
1000
103
hecto
h
100
102
deca
da
10
101
(none)
(none)
1
100
deci
d
0.1
10−1
centi
c
0.01
10−2
milli
m
0.001
10−3
micro
μ
0.000001
10−6
nano
n
0.000000 001
10−9
pico
p
0.000000 000 001
10−12
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{{common metric prefixes}} gives
Prefix
Symbol
Factor
Power
tera
T
1000 000 000 000
1012
giga
G
1000 000 000
109
mega
M
1000 000
106
kilo
k
1000
103
hecto
h
100
102
deca
da
10
101
(none)
(none)
1
100
deci
d
0.1
10−1
centi
c
0.01
10−2
milli
m
0.001
10−3
micro
μ
0.000001
10−6
nano
n
0.000000 001
10−9
pico
p
0.000000 000 001
10−12
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