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Symbol Name Quantity s second time m metre length kg kilogram mass A ampere electric current K kelvin temperature mol mole amount of substance cd candela luminous intensity
Commonly encountered units of measure in electronics are derived from SI units.
| Prefix | Base 10 | Decimal | English word | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Symbol | |||
| giga | G | 1 x 109 | 1,000,000,000 | billion |
| mega | M | 1 x 106 | 1,000,000 | million |
| kilo | k | 1 x 103 | 1,000 | thousand |
| hecto | h | 1 x 102 | 100 | hundred |
| deca | da | 1 x 101 | 10 | ten |
| 1 x 100 | 1 | one | ||
| deci | d | 1 x 10-1 | 0.1 | tenth |
| centi | c | 1 x 10-2 | 0.01 | hundredth |
| milli | m | 1 x 10-3 | 0.001 | thousandth |
| micro | µ | 1 x 10-6 | 0.000 001 | millionth |
| nano | n | 1 x 10-9 | 0.000 000 001 | billionth |
| pico | p | 1 x 10-12 | 0.000 000 000 001 | trillionth |
External links
- SI derived unit, Wikipedia
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