Milli(symbolm) is aunit prefixin themetric systemdenoting a factor of one thousandth (10−3).[1]Proposed in 1793,[2]and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from theLatinmille,meaningone thousand(the Latin plural ismilia). Since 1960, the prefix is part of theInternational System of Units(SI).

Prefix Base 10 Decimal Adoption
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Name Symbol
quetta Q 1030 1000000000000000000000000000000 2022[3]
ronna R 1027 1000000000000000000000000000
yotta Y 1024 1000000000000000000000000 1991
zetta Z 1021 1000000000000000000000
exa E 1018 1000000000000000000 1975[4]
peta P 1015 1000000000000000
tera T 1012 1000000000000 1960
giga G 109 1000000000
mega M 106 1000000 1873
kilo k 103 1000 1795
hecto h 102 100
deca da 101 10
100 1
deci d 10−1 0.1 1795
centi c 10−2 0.01
milli m 10−3 0.001
micro μ 10−6 0.000001 1873
nano n 10−9 0.000000001 1960
pico p 10−12 0.000000000001
femto f 10−15 0.000000000000001 1964
atto a 10−18 0.000000000000000001
zepto z 10−21 0.000000000000000000001 1991
yocto y 10−24 0.000000000000000000000001
ronto r 10−27 0.000000000000000000000000001 2022[3]
quecto q 10−30 0.000000000000000000000000000001
Notes
  1. ^Prefixes adopted before 1960 already existed before SI. The introduction of theCGS systemwas in 1873.

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  1. ^A. Thompson; B. N. Taylor (2009-07-02)."Special Publication 811: NIST Guide to the SI, Chapter 4: The Two Classes of SI Units and the SI Prefixes".NIST.Physical Measurement Laboratory.Retrieved2020-05-14.
  2. ^Commission temporaire de Poids & Mesures rêpublicaines, En exécution des Décrets de la Convention Nationale (1793).Instruction abrégée sur les mesures déduites de la grandeur de la Terre; uniformes pour toute la Rêpublique, et sur les Calculs relatifs à leur division décimale(in French) (Edition originale ed.). Paris, France: De l´imprimerie nationale exécutive du Louvre.Retrieved2015-10-09.
  3. ^ab"On the extension of the range of SI prefixes".18 November 2022.Retrieved5 February2023.
  4. ^"Metric (SI) Prefixes".NIST.