Thread: Get some perspective!

Originally Posted by 87County

fascinating -

very US-centric with the spellings like yoctometers and zettameters

Quick - your ignorance is hanging out for all to see Read below...

Yotta Y 1024 0.2 YW, 1.23Y [W] Greek 'octo' (eight, 10008)
Zetta Z 1021 3.33 Zs, 3.33Z [s] French 'sept' (seven, 10007)
Exa E 1018 1.23 Ekg, 1.23E [kg] Greek 'six' (10006)
Peta P 1015 7.5 Ps, 7.5P [s] Greek 'five' (10005)
Tera T 1012 0.5 Tm, 0.5T [m] Greek 'teras' = monster
Giga G 109 1.2 GΩ, 1.2G [Ω] Greek 'gigas' = giant
Mega M 106 7 MW, 7M [W] Greek 'megas' = large
Kilo K, k 103 33 km, 33K [m] Greek 'kilioi' = thousand
hecto h 100 Deprecated by SI Greek 'hekaton' = hundred
deca da 10 Deprecated by SI Greek 'deka' = ten
deci d 0.1 Deprecated by SI Latin 'decima pars' = one tenth
centi c 0.01 Deprecated by SI Latin 'centesima pars' = one hundredth
milli m, k 10-3 22 mm , 1.2m [m] Latin 'millesima pars' = one thousandth
micro µ, u 10-6 2.7 uJ , 2.7µ [J] Greek 'mikros' = small
nano n 10-9 2.2 nF, 2.2n [F] Latin 'nanus' = dwarf
pico p 10-12 1.5 pA, 1.5p [A] Spanish 'pico' = minimal measure
femto f 10-15 4.8 fs, 4.8f [s] Danish and Norvegian 'femten' = fifteen (10-15)
atto a 10-18 1.2 ag, 1.2a [g] Danish and Norvegian 'atten' = eighteen (10-18)
zepto z 10-21 0.2 zm, 1.2z [m] French 'sept' (seven, 1000-7)
yocto y 10-24 1 ys, 1y [s] Greek 'octo' (eight, 1000-8)

The americans hate repeated consonants, so then "tt" in "Zetta" should have told you it wasn't US.

Monty Python had it worked out years ago. Google " Mony Pythons Universe song", brilliant, especially the last line, classic! Bob