it means one millionth or 1/1,000,000
The metric system prefix for the quantity 0.001 is Milli.
millionth
It could be 4 micro-[units].
1 x 10^-6 prefix: micro-
The next smallest prefix from milli- is micro-. Milli- denotes thousandths, micro- denotes millionths.
The metric system prefix for the quantity 0.001 is Milli.
millionth
micro
The metric prefix meaning one million is mega-, as in megabyte.The metric prefix meaning one-millionth is micro-, as in micrometer.
micro or micro-
It could be 4 micro-[units].
1 x 10^-6 prefix: micro-
"Micro micro" was an older designation used for a metric prefix that is now known as the prefix "pico," which represents one trillionth (1/1,000,000,000,000). The use of "micro micro" was eventually replaced by the standardized SI prefixes to avoid confusion.
The next smallest prefix from milli- is micro-. Milli- denotes thousandths, micro- denotes millionths.
The Greek letter mu, μ, is used for micro- meaning millionths.
The prefix that means thousands in the metric system is "kilo-". It represents a factor of 1000.
mega