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Multiplier prefix denoting 10 to the −3rd power

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Milli (symbol m) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one thousandth (10−3). Proposed in 1793, and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin mille, meaning one thousand (the Latin plural is milia). Since 1960, the prefix is part of the International System of Units (SI).

SI prefixes

Prefix		Base 10	Decimal	Adoption
Name	Symbol	Base 10	Decimal	Adoption
quetta	Q	1030	1000000000000000000000000000000	2022
ronna	R	1027	1000000000000000000000000000	2022
yotta	Y	1024	1000000000000000000000000	1991
zetta	Z	1021	1000000000000000000000	1991
exa	E	1018	1000000000000000000	1975
peta	P	1015	1000000000000000	1975
tera	T	1012	1000000000000	1960
giga	G	109	1000000000	1960
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	1960
femto	f	10−15	0.000000000000001	1964
atto	a	10−18	0.000000000000000001	1964
zepto	z	10−21	0.000000000000000000001	1991
yocto	y	10−24	0.000000000000000000000001	1991
ronto	r	10−27	0.000000000000000000000000001	2022
quecto	q	10−30	0.000000000000000000000000000001	2022
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References

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. Retrieved 2020-05-14. https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-si-chapter-4-two-classes-si-units-and-si-prefixes ↩
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. Retrieved 2015-10-09. https://archive.org/details/instructionabreg00hauy ↩
Prefixes adopted before 1960 already existed before SI. The introduction of the CGS system was in 1873. /wiki/Centimetre%E2%80%93gram%E2%80%93second_system_of_units ↩
"On the extension of the range of SI prefixes". 18 November 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023. https://www.bipm.org/en/cgpm-2022/resolution-3 ↩
"Metric (SI) Prefixes". NIST. https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/metric-si-prefixes ↩
"On the extension of the range of SI prefixes". 18 November 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023. https://www.bipm.org/en/cgpm-2022/resolution-3 ↩

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