'deci' means one tenth of (1/10). For example 'decilitre' (1/10 Litre), 'decimetre' (1/10 metre), decigram. etc.
It is not a commonly used prefix, centi- and millli- are more common, for example, 1 dm = 10 cm = 100 mm
When the metric system is used, the prefix deci is the factor of one tenth or 0.1. It is derived from decimus which is the Latin word for tenth.
1/10 (one tenth)
For example, there are 10 decimetres in 1 metre.
(The word "decimate" comes from the Latin for "to remove one tenth".)
RE OR IT COULD BE 0.1 :)
Neither. The prefix deci- refers to 0.1
It stands for a tenth.
The metric system prefix for the quantity 0.001 is Milli.
It could be 4 micro-[units].
1 x 10^-6 prefix: micro-
milli --
The prefix for million is mega-.
The metric system prefix for the quantity 0.001 is Milli.
It could be 4 micro-[units].
1 x 10^-6 prefix: micro-
Giga is a billion in the metric system.
The SI prefix meaning of 0.001 is "milli-". This prefix denotes a factor of 1/1000, so 0.001 can be written as 1 milliunit.
milli --
for this answer: in the metric system what is the prefix for 1/100?ANSWER: centi-AtL 2009
The metric system is designed to deal in powers of ten, so it has a prefix for 100, which is hecto, but not for 110.
The prefix for million is mega-.
The prefix is centi-
kilo-
millionth