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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> |
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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==Table of names== |
==Table of names== |
Revision as of 15:15, 16 November 2021
This article lists and discusses the usage and derivation of names of small numbers.[1]9
Table of names
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.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Power of ten |
Engineering notation |
Short scale (U.S. and modern British) |
Long scale (continental Europe, archaic British, and India) |
SI prefix |
SI symbol |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 | 1 | One | One | ||
10−1 | 100×10−3 | One Tenth | One Tenth | deci- | d |
10−2 | 10×10−3 | One One-Hundredth | One One-Hundredth | centi- | c |
10−3 | 1×10−3 | One One-Thousandth | One One-Thousandth | milli- | m |
10−6 | 1×10−6 | One One-Millionth | 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 | ||
10−30 | 1×10−30 | One One-Nonillionth | One One-Quintillionth | ||
0 | undefined | Zero | Zero | ||
−∞ | undefined | Negative Infinity | Negative Infinity |
See also
References
- ^ "Binary Numbers - Floating Point". Turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca. 1997-02-24. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition, ISBN 0-395-82517-2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-12. Retrieved 2004-05-29.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Oxford English Dictionary, New Edition, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [1] (subscription required)
- ^ Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM)
- ^ US NIST Definitions of the SI units: The twenty SI prefixes
- ^ "Large and Small Numbers - Metric Prefixes". 2012-08-26. Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ "ThinkQuest". Library.thinkquest.org. 2013-07-01. 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.