Science measurments
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tera | T, Trillion 1,000,000,000,000 |
| Giga | G, Billion 1,000,000,000 |
| Mega | M, Million 1,000,000 |
| Kilo | k, Thousand 1,000 |
| Hecto | h, Hundred 100 |
| Deka | da, Ten 10 |
| Deci | d, Tenth, 1/10, 0.1 |
| Centi | c, Hundredth, 1/100, 0.01 |
| Milli | m, Thousandth, 1/1000, .001 |
| Micro | ยต, Millionth, 1/100000, 0.000001 |
| Nano | n, billionth,1/000000000, 0.000000001 |
| Milligram | mg, .001 gram |
| Centigram | cg, .01 gram |
| Decigram | dg, .1 gram |
| Gram | g, base unit for measuring mass |
| Dekagram | dag, 10 grams |
| Hectogram | hg, 100 grams |
| Kilogram | kg, 1000 grams |
| Milliliter | mL, .001 liters |
| Centiliter | cL, .01 liters |
| Deciliter | dL, .1 liters |
| Liter | L, base unit for measuring volume |
| Dekaliter | daL, 10 liters |
| Hectoliter | hL, 100 liters |
| Kiloliter | kL, 1000 liters |
| Millimeter | mm, .001 meters |
| Centimeter | cm, .01 , meters |
| Decimeter | dm, .1 meters |
| Meter | m, base unit |
| Dekameter | dam, 10 meters |
| Hectometer | hm, 100 meters |
| Kilometer | km, 1000 meters |
| Megabyte | MB, million bytes of info |
| Gigabyte | GB, billionbytes of info |
| Terabyte | TB, Trillion bytes of info |
| Light Year | ly, Distance light travel in light year <10 miles |
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