SI Prefixes

SI_PREFIXES

Format

A named numeric vector of SI prefixes. The names are the SI prefixes, the values are the exponents, \(-24, -21, \dots, 0, \dots, 21, 24\).

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Details

The supported SI-prefixes are:

  • "y" - yocto, \(10^{-24}\)
  • "z" - zepto, \(10^{-21}\)
  • "a" - atto, \(10^{-18}\)
  • "f" - femto, \(10^{-15}\)
  • "p" - pico, \(10^{-12}\)
  • "n" - nano, \(10^{-9}\)
  • "µ" - micro, \(10^{-6}\)
  • "m" - milli, \(10^{-3}\)
  • " " - (none) \(10^0\)
  • "k" - kilo, \(10^3\)
  • "M" - mega, \(10^{6}\)
  • "G" - giga, \(10^{9}\)
  • "T" - tera, \(10^{12}\)
  • "P" - peta, \(10^{15}\)
  • "E" - exa, \(10^{18}\)
  • "Z" - zetta, \(10^{21}\)
  • "Y" - yotta, \(10^{24}\)

Examples

SI_PREFIXES
#> y z a f p n μ m k M G T P E Z Y #> -24 -21 -18 -15 -12 -9 -6 -3 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24