"zetta-" meaning in English

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Prefix

IPA: /ˈzɛtə/
Etymology: Coined with Latin septem and Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) in mind, for the seventh order of 10³. The consonants pt are reduced to tt as in Italian, by analogy with peta-; the initial z was chosen instead of s to avoid confusion with s for second. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|septem}} Latin septem, {{der|en|grc|ἑπτά||seven}} Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”), {{m|mul|s#Symbol}} s, {{m|en|second}} second Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} zetta-, {{en-prefix}} zetta-
  1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10²¹ (a short scale sextillion or long scale trilliard). Symbol: Z Tags: morpheme Derived forms: zebi- Translations (SI prefix): зета- (zeta-) (Bulgarian), 澤- (Chinese Cantonese), 泽- (zaak⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 澤- (Chinese Mandarin), 泽- (zé-) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 澤它- (Chinese Mandarin), 泽它- (zétā-) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 皆- (jiē-) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), zetta- (Dutch), tsetta- (Finnish), zetta- (French), zetta- (Galician), Zetta- (German), ζεττα- (zetta-) (Greek), zeta- (Indonesian), ゼタ- (Japanese), 제타 (jeta-) (Korean), zeta- (Malay), зетта- (zetta-) (Russian), zetta- (Spanish), เซตตะ- (sét-tà) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-zetta--en-prefix-7bwWQQK8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Translingual links with manual fragments

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      "sense": "SI prefix",
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      "word": "zetta-"
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      "sense": "SI prefix",
      "word": "tsetta-"
    },
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      "sense": "SI prefix",
      "word": "zetta-"
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      "sense": "SI prefix",
      "word": "zetta-"
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      "sense": "SI prefix",
      "word": "Zetta-"
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      "sense": "SI prefix",
      "word": "zeta-"
    },
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      "sense": "SI prefix",
      "word": "ゼタ-"
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      "sense": "SI prefix",
      "word": "zeta-"
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      "roman": "zetta-",
      "sense": "SI prefix",
      "word": "зетта-"
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      "sense": "SI prefix",
      "word": "zetta-"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sét-tà",
      "sense": "SI prefix",
      "word": "เซตตะ-"
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