yotta-

See also yöttä

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktō, “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-).

Prefix

SI prefix
Y
	Previous:	zetta-
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yotta-

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

Antonyms

• yocto-

Derived terms

[+] English words prefixed with yotta-

• yobi-

Translations

SI prefix

Bulgarian: йота- (bg) Finnish: jotta- (fi)

Japanese: ヨタ- (ja) Spanish: yotta- (es)