"yoctogram" meaning in English

See yoctogram in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: yoctograms [plural], yoctogramme [alternative, UK]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ)der. English yocto- English gram English yoctogram From yocto- + gram. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|yocto-|gram|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ)der. English yocto- English gram English yoctogram [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*oḱtṓw", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*oktṓ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ὀκτώ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "yocto-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "gram", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "yoctogram", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="yoctogram"> From yocto- + gram. Head templates: {{en-noun}} yoctogram (plural yoctograms)
  1. (metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻²⁴ grams. Symbol: yg Synonyms: yg

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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