yocto-

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Etymology

Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktō, “eight”), for the eighth order of 10⁻³. The letter y was added, as the second term in a series running backwards through the alphabet.

Prefix

SI prefix
y
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yocto-

1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻²⁴. Symbol: y

Antonyms

• yotta-

Derived terms

• yoctoampere
• yoctobecquerel
• yoctocoloumb
• yoctofarad
• yoctogram
• yoctogray
• yoctohenry
• yoctojoule
• yoctometer / yoctometre
• yoctosecond

Translations

10⁻²⁴

• Bulgarian: йокто- (bg) (jokto-)

• Japanese: ヨクト- (ja) (yokuto-)