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This is a list of the names of small decimal numbers in English.

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The following table lists the names of small numbers used in the long and short scales, along with the power of 10, engineering notation, and International System of Units (SI) symbols and prefixes.^[1]^{[page needed]} ^[2]^{[page needed]} ^[3]^{[page needed]} ^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Power of ten	Engineering notation ^{[citation needed]}	Short scale (U.S. and modern British)	Long scale (continental Europe, archaic British, and India)	SI prefix	SI symbol
10⁰	1	One
10⁻¹	100×10⁻³	One Tenth		deci-	d
10⁻²	10×10⁻³	One One-Hundredth		centi-	c
10⁻³	1×10⁻³	One One-Thousandth		milli-	m
10⁻⁶	1×10⁻⁶	One One-Millionth		micro-	μ
10⁻⁹	1×10⁻⁹	One One-Billionth	One One-Milliardth	nano-	n
10⁻¹²	1×10⁻¹²	One One-Trillionth	One One-Billionth	pico-	p
10⁻¹⁵	1×10⁻¹⁵	One One-Quadrillionth	One One-Billiardth	femto-	f
10⁻¹⁸	1×10⁻¹⁸	One One-Quintillionth	One One-Trillionth	atto-	a
10⁻²¹	1×10⁻²¹	One One-Sextillionth	One One-Trilliardth	zepto-	z
10⁻²⁴	1×10⁻²⁴	One One-Septillionth	One One-Quadrillionth	yocto-	y
10⁻²⁷	1×10⁻²⁷	One One-Octillionth	One One-Quardilliardth	ronto-	r
10⁻³⁰	1×10⁻³⁰	One One-Nonillionth	One One-Quintillionth	quecto-	q
10⁻³³	1×10⁻³³	One One-Decillionth	One One-Quintilliardth	—	—
10⁻³⁶	1×10⁻³⁶	One One-Undecillionth	One One-Sextillionth	—	—
0	1×10^−∞	Zero
–1	–1	Negative One
−∞	undefined	Negative Infinity

References

^ American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition, ISBN 0-395-82517-2. "The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000". Archived from the original on 2007-01-12. Retrieved 2004-05-29.
^ Oxford English Dictionary, New Edition, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [1] (subscription required)
^ Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM)
^ "Metric (SI) Prefixes". NIST. 13 January 2010.
^ "Large and Small Numbers - Metric Prefixes". 2012-08-26. Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
^ Savidtra (2013-07-01). "Big & Small Numbers". ThinkQuest. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
^ Manske, Magnus (2011-05-02). "Names of large and small numbers". Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2014-07-07.

[1] American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition, ISBN 0-395-82517-2. "The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000". Archived from the original on 2007-01-12. Retrieved 2004-05-29.

[2] Oxford English Dictionary, New Edition, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [1] (subscription required)

[3] Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM)

[4] "Metric (SI) Prefixes". NIST. 13 January 2010.

[Essex-5] "Large and Small Numbers - Metric Prefixes". 2012-08-26. Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2014-07-07.

[6] Savidtra (2013-07-01). "Big & Small Numbers". ThinkQuest. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2014-07-07.

[Manske-7] Manske, Magnus (2011-05-02). "Names of large and small numbers". Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2014-07-07.

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-This article lists and discusses the usage and derivation of '''names of small [[decimal number|numbers]]'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca/COMP166/resources/floatingpoint.html |title=Binary Numbers - Floating Point |publisher=Turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca |date=1997-02-24 |access-date=2014-07-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321074006/http://turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca/COMP166/resources/floatingpoint.html |archive-date=2012-03-21 }}</ref>9
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+This is a list of the names of small [[decimal number]]s in [[English language|English]].
-==Table of names==
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-The following table lists [[English language]] names of small numbers used in the [[long and short scales]], along with the [[power of 10]], [[engineering notation]], and  [[International System of Units]] (SI) symbols and prefixes.<ref>''[[American Heritage Dictionary]]'', 4th edition, {{isbn|0-395-82517-2}}. {{cite web |url=http://www.bartleby.com/61 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2004-05-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070112021354/http://www.bartleby.com/61/ |archive-date=2007-01-12 }}</ref><ref>''Oxford English Dictionary'', New Edition, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [http://www.oed.com] (subscription required)</ref><ref>[http://www.bipm.fr/en/home/ Bureau International des Poids et Mesures] (BIPM)</ref><ref>[http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html US NIST ''Definitions of the SI units: The twenty SI prefixes'']</ref><ref name="Essex">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724035607/http://www.essex1.com/people/speer/large.html |url=http://www.essex1.com/people/speer/large.html |archive-date=2013-07-24 |title=Large and Small Numbers - Metric Prefixes |date=2012-08-26 |access-date=2014-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.thinkquest.org/5427/numbers.html |title=ThinkQuest |publisher=Library.thinkquest.org |date=2013-07-01 |access-date=2014-07-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111014856/http://library.thinkquest.org/5427/numbers.html |archive-date=2012-11-11 }}</ref><ref name="Manske">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903083159/http://www.uni-bonn.de/~manfear/numbers_names.php |url=http://www.uni-bonn.de/~manfear/numbers_names.php |archive-date=2011-09-03 |title=Names of large and small numbers |author=Manske, Magnus |date=2011-05-02 |access-date=2014-07-07}}</ref>
+The following table lists the names of small numbers used in the [[long and short scales]], along with the [[power of 10]], [[engineering notation]], and  [[International System of Units]] (SI) symbols and prefixes.<ref>''[[American Heritage Dictionary]]'', 4th edition, {{isbn|0-395-82517-2}}. {{cite web |url=http://www.bartleby.com/61 |title=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000 |access-date=2004-05-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070112021354/http://www.bartleby.com/61/ |archive-date=2007-01-12 }}</ref>{{page needed|date=February 2024}} <ref>''Oxford English Dictionary'', New Edition, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [http://www.oed.com] (subscription required)</ref>{{page needed|date=February 2024}} <ref>[http://www.bipm.org/en/home/ Bureau International des Poids et Mesures] ([[BIPM]])</ref>{{page needed|date=February 2024}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/metric-si-prefixes |website=[[NIST]] |title=Metric (SI) Prefixes |language=en |date=13 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="Essex">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724035607/http://www.essex1.com/people/speer/large.html |url=http://www.essex1.com/people/speer/large.html |archive-date=2013-07-24 |title=Large and Small Numbers - Metric Prefixes |date=2012-08-26 |access-date=2014-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.thinkquest.org/5427/numbers.html |title=Big & Small Numbers |author=Savidtra |publisher=[[ThinkQuest]] |date=2013-07-01 |access-date=2014-07-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111014856/http://library.thinkquest.org/5427/numbers.html <!-- If the content doesn't appear, try closing the Wayback Machine toolbar, then closing the Oracle ThinkQuest toolbar, then refreshing the page. --> |archive-date=2012-11-11 }}</ref><ref name="Manske">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903083159/http://www.uni-bonn.de/~manfear/numbers_names.php |url=http://www.uni-bonn.de/~manfear/numbers_names.php |archive-date=2011-09-03 |title=Names of large and small numbers |author=Manske, Magnus |date=2011-05-02 |access-date=2014-07-07}}</ref>
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+{|class="wikitable sortable"
 |-
 ! Power<br>of<br>ten
-! [[Engineering notation|Engineering<br>notation]]
+! [[Engineering notation|Engineering<br>notation]]<br>{{cn|date=February 2024}}
 ! [[long and short scales|Short scale]]<br />(U.S. and<br />modern British)
 ! [[long and short scales|Long scale]]<br />(continental Europe,<br /> archaic British, and India)
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 ! SI<br/>symbol
 |-
-|10<sup>0</sup> || 1 ||[[One]] || One || ||
+|10<sup>0</sup> || 1 || colspan=2 |[[One]] || ||
 |-
-|10<sup>−1</sup> || 100×10<sup>−3</sup> ||One Tenth ||One Tenth ||[[deci-]]|| style="text-align:center" | d
+|10<sup>−1</sup> || 100×10<sup>−3</sup> || colspan=2 |One Tenth ||[[deci-]]|| style="text-align:center" | [[d]]
 |-
-|10<sup>−2</sup> || 10×10<sup>−3</sup> ||One One-[[Hundredth]]||One One-Hundredth ||[[centi-]]|| style="text-align:center" | c
+|10<sup>−2</sup> || 10×10<sup>−3</sup> || colspan=2 |One One-[[Hundredth]] ||[[centi-]]|| style="text-align:center" | [[c]]
 |-
-|10<sup>−3</sup> || 1×10<sup>−3</sup> ||One One-[[Thousandth]]||One One-Thousandth ||[[milli-]]|| style="text-align:center" | m
+|10<sup>−3</sup> || 1×10<sup>−3</sup> || colspan=2 |One One-[[Thousandth]] ||[[milli-]]|| style="text-align:center" | [[m]]
 |-
-|10<sup>−6</sup> || 1×10<sup>−6</sup> ||One One-[[Millionth]]||One One-Millionth ||[[micro-]]|| style="text-align:center" |[[Mu (letter)|µ]]
+|10<sup>−6</sup> || 1×10<sup>−6</sup> || colspan=2 |One One-[[Millionth]] ||[[micro-]]|| style="text-align:center" |[[Mu (letter)|μ]]
 |-
-|10<sup>−9</sup> || 1×10<sup>−9</sup> ||One One-[[Billionth]]||One One-[[wikt:milliardth|Milliardth]]||[[nano-]]|| style="text-align:center" | n
+|10<sup>−9</sup> || 1×10<sup>−9</sup> ||One One-[[Billionth]]||One One-[[wikt:milliardth|Milliardth]]||[[nano-]]|| style="text-align:center" | [[n]]
 |-
-|10<sup>−12</sup> || 1×10<sup>−12</sup> ||One One-[[Trillionth]]||One One-Billionth ||[[pico-]]|| style="text-align:center" | p
+|10<sup>−12</sup> || 1×10<sup>−12</sup> ||One One-[[Trillionth]]||One One-Billionth ||[[pico-]]|| style="text-align:center" | [[p]]
 |-
-|10<sup>−15</sup> || 1×10<sup>−15</sup> ||One One-[[Quadrillionth]]||One One-[[wikt:billiardth|Billiardth]]||[[femto-]]|| style="text-align:center" | f
+|10<sup>−15</sup> || 1×10<sup>−15</sup> ||One One-[[Quadrillionth]]||One One-[[wikt:billiardth|Billiardth]]||[[femto-]]|| style="text-align:center" | [[f]]
 |-
-|10<sup>−18</sup> || 1×10<sup>−18</sup> ||One One-[[Quintillionth]]||One One-Trillionth ||[[atto-]]|| style="text-align:center" | a
+|10<sup>−18</sup> || 1×10<sup>−18</sup> ||One One-[[Quintillionth]]||One One-Trillionth ||[[atto-]]|| style="text-align:center" | [[a]]
 |-
-|10<sup>−21</sup> || 1×10<sup>−21</sup> ||One One-[[Sextillionth]]||One One-[[wikt:trilliard#Derived terms|Trilliardth]]||[[zepto-]]|| style="text-align:center" | z
+|10<sup>−21</sup> || 1×10<sup>−21</sup> ||One One-[[Sextillionth]]||One One-[[wikt:trilliard#Derived terms|Trilliardth]]||[[zepto-]]|| style="text-align:center" | [[z]]
 |-
-|10<sup>−24</sup> || 1×10<sup>−24</sup> ||One One-[[Septillionth]]||One One-Quadrillionth ||[[yocto-]]|| style="text-align:center" | y
+|10<sup>−24</sup> || 1×10<sup>−24</sup> ||One One-[[Septillionth]]||One One-Quadrillionth ||[[yocto-]]|| style="text-align:center" | [[y]]
 |-
-|10<sup>−27</sup> || 1×10<sup>−27</sup> ||One One-[[Octillionth]]||One One-Quardilliardth || || style="text-align:center" |
+|10<sup>−27</sup> || 1×10<sup>−27</sup> ||One One-[[Octillionth]]||One One-Quardilliardth ||[[ronto-]] || style="text-align:center" | [[r]]
 |-
-|10<sup>−30</sup> || 1×10<sup>−30</sup> ||One One-[[Nonillionth]]||One One-Quintillionth || || style="text-align:center" |
+|10<sup>−30</sup> || 1×10<sup>−30</sup> ||One One-[[Nonillionth]]||One One-Quintillionth || [[quecto-]]|| style="text-align:center" |  [[q]]
+|-
+|10<sup>−33</sup> || 1×10<sup>−33</sup> ||One One-Decillionth||One One-Quintilliardth || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
+|-
+|10<sup>−36</sup> || 1×10<sup>−36</sup> ||One One-Undecillionth||One One-Sextillionth || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
 |-
 |0
+|1×10<sup>−∞</sup>
-|''undefined''
-|Zero
+| colspan=2 |Zero
+|
-|Zero
+|
+|-
+|–1
+|–1
+| colspan=2 | Negative One
 |
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 |''undefined''
-|Negative Infinity
+| colspan=2 |Negative Infinity
-|Negative Infinity
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 ==See also==
 {{Portal|Mathematics}}
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 * [[Names of large numbers]]
 * [[Numeral (linguistics)|Number names]]
-* [[Number prefix]]
+* [[Numeral prefix]]
 * [[Metric prefix]]
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 ==References==

v t e Orders of magnitude
Quantity	Acceleration Angular momentum Area Bit rate Charge Computing Current Data Density Energy / Energy density Entropy Force Frequency Illuminance Length Luminance Magnetic moment Magnetic field Mass Molarity Numbers Power Pressure Probability Radiation Sound pressure Specific heat capacity Speed Temperature Torque Zeit Voltage Volume
See also	Back-of-the-envelope calculation Best-selling electronic devices Fermi problem Powers of 10 and decades 10th 100th 1000000th Metric (SI) prefix Macroscopic scale Microscopic scale
Related	Astronomical system of units Earth's location in the Universe Cosmic View (1957 book) To the Moon and Beyond (1964 film) Cosmic Zoom (1968 film) Powers of Ten (1968 and 1977 films) Cosmic Voyage (1996 documentary) The Scale of the Universe (2010) Cosmic Eye (2012)
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