Metric Prefix Table. Prefix. Symbol. Multiplier. Exponential. yotta. Y. 1,000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000. 10 24. zetta. Z. 1,000 000 000 000 000 000 000. 10 21. exa. E. ... To convert between metric ...

The metric system's governing body has added some new terms to help describe massive amounts of data. The General Conference on Weights and Measures last week added the prefixes "ronna" and "quetta." ...

As far as “un-metric in spirit” goes, the metric system has added more prefixes on multiple occasions. We all had to memorize what femto and atto mean, and nobody had any problems with that.

Yotta (24 zeroes) was the largest prefix in the metric system before the new additions. Now, the Earth's mass can be said to be about 6 ronnagrams rather than 6,000 yottagrams.

The new prefixes ronna and quetta refer to the largest numbers, while ronto and quecto apply to the smallest. Ronna is a 1 followed by 27 zeroes, and quetta is a 1 followed by 30 zeroes.

As you may have guessed, we also now have terms for 10-27 and 10-30: ronto and quecto.. While there are few things that can’t adequately be described in terms of the existing prefixes, it’s ...

The prefixes make it easier to express large amounts -- for example, always referring to a kilometre as 1,000 metres or a millimetre as one thousandth of a metre would quickly become cumbersome.

Say hello to ronnagrammes and quettametres: International scientists gathered in France voted on Friday for new metric prefixes to express the world’s largest and smallest measurements, prompted ...