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imported>Jc3s5h
(Undid revision 867314987 by Pfeghali (talk). Remove proposal that was never adopted (and probably not taken seriously).)
imported>Srleffler
(Remove the extreme units. This template is ''Common'' metric units, and the heading says the list is "Metric prefixes in everyday use". There are other templates for when a more comprehensive list is needed.)
 
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! style="text-align:center;" | Factor
 
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<!-- Leave out the big units that are not in "everyday use"
|yotta
 
| style="text-align: center;" |Y
 
| style="text-align: right;"  |{{val|1000000000000000000000000}}
 
| style="text-align: center;" |10<sup>24</sup>
 
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|zetta
 
| style="text-align: center;" |Z
 
| style="text-align: right;" |{{val|1000000000000000000000}}
 
| style="text-align: center;" |10<sup>21</sup>
 
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|exa
 
| style="text-align: center;" |E
 
| style="text-align: right;"  |{{val|1000000000000000000}}
 
| style="text-align: center;" |10<sup>18</sup>
 
 
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|peta
 
|peta
 
| style="text-align: center;" |P
 
| style="text-align: center;" |P
 
| style="text-align: right;"  |{{val|1000000000000000}}
 
| style="text-align: right;"  |{{val|1000000000000000}}
| style="text-align: center;" |10<sup>15</sup>
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| style="text-align: center;" |10<sup>15</sup>  -->
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|tera
 
|tera
 
| style="text-align: center;" |T
 
| style="text-align: center;" |T
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| style="text-align: left;"  |{{val|0.000000000001}}
 
| style="text-align: left;"  |{{val|0.000000000001}}
 
| style="text-align: center;" |10<sup>−12</sup>
 
| style="text-align: center;" |10<sup>−12</sup>
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|- <!-- Leave out the small units that are not in "everyday use"
 
|femto
 
|femto
 
| style="text-align: center;" |f
 
| style="text-align: center;" |f
 
| style="text-align: left;"  |{{val|0.000000000000001}}
 
| style="text-align: left;"  |{{val|0.000000000000001}}
 
| style="text-align: center;" |10<sup>−15</sup>
 
| style="text-align: center;" |10<sup>−15</sup>
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|atto
 
| style="text-align: center;" |a
 
| style="text-align: left;"  |{{val|0.000000000000000001}}
 
| style="text-align: center;" |10<sup>−18</sup>
 
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|zepto
 
| style="text-align: center;" |z
 
| style="text-align: left;"  |{{val|0.000000000000000000001}}
 
| style="text-align: center;" |10<sup>−21</sup>
 
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|yocto
 
| style="text-align: center;" |y
 
| style="text-align: left;"  |{{val|0.000000000000000000000001}}
 
| style="text-align: center;" |10<sup>−24</sup>
 
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| colspan=4 style="background:#ddd; text-align:center" | {{navbar|Template:Common metric prefixes|mini=1}}
 
| colspan=4 style="background:#ddd; text-align:center" | {{navbar|Template:Common metric prefixes|mini=1}}
 
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Latest revision as of 04:53, 14 May 2019

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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 Template:Val 1012
giga G Template:Val 109
mega M Template:Val 106
kilo k Template:Val 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 Template:Val 10−6
nano n Template:Val 10−9
pico p Template:Val 10−12

See also