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Encyclopedia > Centi

Centi can also stand for Centro Internacional de Teoterapia Integral (International Center of Integral Teotheraphy).


Centi (symbol c) is a SI prefix in the SI system of units denoting a factor of 10-2, or 1/100.


Adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin centum, meaning hundred.



SI prefixes
10n Prefix Symbol Short scale Long scale Name Decimal Equivalent
1024 yotta Y Septillion Quadrillion 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
1021 zetta Z Sextillion Trilliard (thousand trillion) 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
1018 exa E Quintillion Trillion 1 000 000 000 000 000 000
1015 peta P Quadrillion Billiard (thousand billion) 1 000 000 000 000 000
1012 tera T Trillion Billion 1 000 000 000 000
109 giga G Billion Milliard (thousand million) 1 000 000 000
106 mega M Million 1 000 000
103 kilo k Thousand 1 000
102 hecto h Hundred 100
101 deca, deka da Ten 10
10−1 deci d Tenth 0.1
10−2 centi c Hundredth 0.01
10−3 milli m Thousandth 0.001
10−6 micro µ Millionth 0.000 001
10−9 nano n Billionth Milliardth 0.000 000 001
10−12 pico p Trillionth Billionth 0.000 000 000 001
10−15 femto f Quadrillionth Billiardth 0.000 000 000 000 001
10−18 atto a Quintillionth Trillionth 0.000 000 000 000 000 001
10−21 zepto z Sextillionth Trilliardth 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001
10−24 yocto y Septillionth Quadrillionth 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001
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SI prefix






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Metric Prefixes (402 words)
11) femto- 12) kilo- 13) giga- 14) centi- 15) micro-
What you should do is compare the two exponents as if they were placed on a number line made of exponents and the compute the absolute distance between them.
For example, someone might mentally do the distance between kilo and centi by comparing the exponents of 3 and negative 2 and getting one.
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