"xenno-" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "xenna-"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἐννέα",
        "t": "nine"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "",
        "3": "x"
      },
      "expansion": "x",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "zepto-"
      },
      "expansion": "zepto-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yocto-"
      },
      "expansion": "yocto-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "o"
      },
      "expansion": "o",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "micro-"
      },
      "expansion": "micro-",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”), for the ninth order of 10³; with the letter x added for the third term in a series running backwards through the alphabet (after zepto- and yocto-). The final o conforms to the final vowels of the SI series from micro- downwards.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "xenno-",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "xenno-",
      "name": "en-prefix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1994, IPC Magazines, New Scientist, volume 144, page 81",
          "text": "The SI prefixes above are not the only extreme ones. Others such as xenno (x) (10⁻²⁷) and xenna (X) (10²⁷), or vendeko (v) (10⁻³³) and vendeka (V) (10³³) exist, and can help simplify the expression of extreme numbers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder, Gollancz, published 2008, page 184",
          "text": "'Now we're talking xennobiology!' [...] a complex organism based on similar processes to the primitive ones they'd seen probably would be about a xennometre in size.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 November, Seth Lloyd, Y. Jack Ng, “Black Hole Computers”, in Scientific American, page 56",
          "text": "From Nanotech to Xennotech [...] A one-kilogram hole has a radius of about 10⁻²⁷ meter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of ronto- (used before an official prefix existed). Symbol: x"
      ],
      "id": "en-xenno--en-prefix-n3qwTQHR",
      "links": [
        [
          "ronto-",
          "ronto-#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Synonym of ronto- (used before an official prefix existed). Symbol: x"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "(used before an official prefix existed). Symbol: x",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "ronto-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "xenno-"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "xenna-"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἐννέα",
        "t": "nine"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "",
        "3": "x"
      },
      "expansion": "x",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "zepto-"
      },
      "expansion": "zepto-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yocto-"
      },
      "expansion": "yocto-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "o"
      },
      "expansion": "o",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "micro-"
      },
      "expansion": "micro-",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”), for the ninth order of 10³; with the letter x added for the third term in a series running backwards through the alphabet (after zepto- and yocto-). The final o conforms to the final vowels of the SI series from micro- downwards.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "xenno-",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "xenno-",
      "name": "en-prefix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English prefixes",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1994, IPC Magazines, New Scientist, volume 144, page 81",
          "text": "The SI prefixes above are not the only extreme ones. Others such as xenno (x) (10⁻²⁷) and xenna (X) (10²⁷), or vendeko (v) (10⁻³³) and vendeka (V) (10³³) exist, and can help simplify the expression of extreme numbers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder, Gollancz, published 2008, page 184",
          "text": "'Now we're talking xennobiology!' [...] a complex organism based on similar processes to the primitive ones they'd seen probably would be about a xennometre in size.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 November, Seth Lloyd, Y. Jack Ng, “Black Hole Computers”, in Scientific American, page 56",
          "text": "From Nanotech to Xennotech [...] A one-kilogram hole has a radius of about 10⁻²⁷ meter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of ronto- (used before an official prefix existed). Symbol: x"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ronto-",
          "ronto-#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Synonym of ronto- (used before an official prefix existed). Symbol: x"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "(used before an official prefix existed). Symbol: x",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "ronto-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "xenno-"
}