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Metric Prefixes: Tera to Pico, Symbols and Factors

July 29, 2019

Last updated July 29, 2026

Prefix Symbol Factor Value
tera T 10 to power of 12 1,000,000,000,000
giga G 10 to power of 9 1,000,000,000
mega M 10 to power of 6 1,000,000
kilo K 10 to power of 3 1,000
hecto H 10 to power of 2 100
deca D 10 to power of 1 x
– – 10 to power of 0 1
deci d 10 to power of -1 0.1
centi c 10 to power of -2 0.01
milli m 10 to power of -3 0.001
micro µ or u 10 to power of -6 0.000001
nano n 10 to power of -9 0.0000000001
pico p 10 to power of -12 0.000000000001
femto f 10 to power of -15 0.000000000000001
atto a 10 to power of -18 0.000000000000000001
Table of metric prefixes from tera down to atto with symbol, power of ten and full written value - tera 10 to the 12 at one trillion, through milli, micro, nano and pico, to atto at 10 to the minus 18
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