"tera-" meaning in English

See tera- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ˈtɛ.ɹə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tera-.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”). Also from Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares, “four”), by analogy with tetra- for being the fourth power of 10³. Doublet of terato-. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|τέρας||monster}} Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”), {{der|en|grc|τέτταρες||four}} Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares, “four”), {{doublet|en|terato-}} Doublet of terato- Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} tera-, {{en-prefix}} tera-
  1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹² (short scale trillion or long scale billion). Symbol: T Tags: morpheme Derived forms: tebi-, terabyte, teraelectron volt, teraflare, teragram, terahertz (alt: abbrev.: THz), terameter, terasecond, tera win Translations (SI prefix): тера- (tera-) (Bulgarian), 太- (taai³) (Chinese Cantonese), 太- (tài-) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 太拉- (tàilā-) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 兆- (zhào) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), tera- (Czech), tera- (Dutch), tera- (Finnish), téra- (French), tera- (Galician), tera- (German), τερα- (tera-) (Greek), tera- (Hungarian), tera- (Ido), tera- (Indonesian), テラ- (tera-) (Japanese), 테라 (tera-) (Korean), тера- (tera-) (Macedonian), tera- (Malay), tera- (Portuguese), тера- (tera-) (Russian), tera- (Spanish), เทระ- (tee-rá) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-tera--en-prefix-ODBGz6bP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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