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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "tee-rá",
"sense": "SI prefix",
"word": "เทระ-"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "SI prefix",
"word": "tê-ra"
}
],
"word": "tera-"
}
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