International System of Units

Overview#

International System of Units (SI, abbreviated from the French Système international (d'unités)) is the modern form of the "metric" Unit of measurement system.

International System of Units is a coherent system of units of measurement starting with seven SI Base Units

International System of Units magnitudes of all SI units have been defined by declaring that seven SI Defining Constants have certain exact numerical values when expressed in terms of their SI units.

Standard prefixes for the SI units of measure#

Prefix name decahectokilomegagigaterapetaexazettayotta
Prefix symbol dahkMGTPEZY
Factor10010110210310610910121015101810211024

Submultiples#

Prefix namedecicentimillimicronanopicofemtoattozeptoyocto
Prefix symboldcmμnpfazy
Factor10010-110-210-310-610-910-1210-1510-1810-2110-24

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