"kilo"
The prefix meaning one thousand standard units is "kilo-".
The metric prefix used to describe 1000 standard units is "kilo-".
When the metric system was created, the inventors used the Greek word for 1000, kilo, as the prefix meaning 1000. They used the Latin word for 1000, mill, as the prefix meaning 1/1000.
The prefix kilo- means one thousand.
The prefix that means one thousand standard units in whole units is kilo. The basic unit for whole units would be meter, gram or liter.
Kilo (symbol: k) is a unit prefix in the International System of Units (SI) denoting 103 or 1000. For example:one kilogram is 1000 gramsone kilometre is 1000 metresone kilojoule is 1000 joulesThe kilo prefix is derived from the Greek word χίλιοι ("chilioi"), meaning thousand. It was originally adopted by Antoine Lavoisier and his group in 1795, and introduced into the metric system in France with its establishment in 1799. The General Conference on Weights and Measures was formed in 1875.
K stands for kilo, prefix meaning 1000
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1100 watts = 1.1 kilowatts. Generally, "kilo" is the standard prefix meaning multiply with 1000.
The prefix for 1000 in the International System on Units is milli. For example, one milligram is one-one thousandth of a gram.
mm is short for millimeter - milli is a prefix meaning "1/1000", thus, a mm. is a thousandth's of a meter.mm is short for millimeter - milli is a prefix meaning "1/1000", thus, a mm. is a thousandth's of a meter.mm is short for millimeter - milli is a prefix meaning "1/1000", thus, a mm. is a thousandth's of a meter.mm is short for millimeter - milli is a prefix meaning "1/1000", thus, a mm. is a thousandth's of a meter.
1m is 1/1000 of 1km. In international units, different prefixes can be used to express different relative quantities in units. In the above example, the prefix kilo- (abbreviated k), meaning "one thousand," is applied to the standard measurement of length, the meter (m). This signifies that the new unit being discussed, the kilometer, is 1000 times greater than a meter. The same method can be used with any other international unit and prefix.