Template:Common metric prefixes/doc

This is a checked version, approved on 22 October 2020. New changes may have been made.

The template common metric prefixes creates an infobox that lists the most commonly used metric prefixes. The list is a subset of the list in the 8th edition of the official brochure of the BIPM (SI units and prefixes). It has no parameters.

Usage

{{common metric prefixes}} gives

Metric prefixes in everyday use
Text Symbol Factor Power
tera T 1000000000000 1012
giga G 1000000000 109
mega M 1000000 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 0.000000001 10−9
pico p 0.000000000001 10−12

See also

For documentation see wikipedia page wikipedia:Template:Common metric prefixes


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