A metric prefix is a numerical multiplier that is placed before a basic unit of measure to indicate a specified multiple or fraction of that unit. The 20 recognized metric prefixes have been specified ...

For the first time in 30 years, new terms have been officially added to the International System of Units. The four new prefixes – ronna, quetta, ronto and quecto – describe very large and ...

NEW LARGEST AND SMALLEST STANDARD UNITS OF MEASUREMENT. 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 ...

New prefixes in the International System of Units have been confirmed, ushering in ronto and quecto for tiny numbers and ronna and quetta for very large numbers, like the amount of data on ...