"yocto-" meaning in English

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Prefix

Etymology: Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), for the eighth order of 10⁻³. The letter y was added, as the second term in a series running backwards through the alphabet. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ὀκτώ||eight}} Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} yocto-, {{en-prefix}} yocto-
  1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻²⁴ short scale septillionth or long scale quadrillionth). Symbol: y Wikipedia link: yocto- Tags: morpheme Translations (10−24): йокто- (jokto-) (Bulgarian), 幺科托 (yāokētuō) (Chinese Mandarin), yocto- (Dutch), jokto- (Finnish), yocto- (Galician), joktó- (Icelandic), yokto- (Indonesian), ヨクト- (yokuto-) (Japanese), yokto- (Malay), йокто- (jokto-) (Russian), ยอกโต- (yɔ̂ɔk-too-) (Thai), йокто- (jokto-) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-yocto--en-prefix-k6AWxhuF Categories (other): English undefined derivations Derived forms: yoctoampere, yoctobecquerel, yoctocoloumb, yoctofarad, yoctogram, yoctogray, yoctohenry, yoctojoule, yoctometer, yoctometre, yoctosecond

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