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yotta-

yotta-

See also: yotta and yöttä

English

SI prefix
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Prefix

yotta-

  1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1024; septillion-. Symbol: Y

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Pronunciation

Prefix

yotta-

  1. yotta-
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Etymology

Ancient Greek ὀκτώ ‎(oktṓ, “eight”), for the eighth order of 103. The consonants ct are reduced to tt as in Italian, by analogy with peta-; the final a conforms to the finals vowel of the SI series from mega- upwards; the letter y was added, as the second term in a series running through the alphabet backwards (from zetta-).

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