Template:Common metric prefixes/doc

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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 9th edition of the official brochure of the BIPM (Table 7, SI prefixes). It has no parameters.

{{common metric prefixes}} gives

Prefix Symbol Factor Power
tera T 1000000000000 1012
giga G 1000000000 109
mega M 1000000 106
kilo k 1000 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 0.000001 10−6
nano n 0.000000001 10−9
pico p 0.000000000001 10−12

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