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sonics_20
Jan 30, 2008, 03:52 PM
In the Metric System you have millimeters and centimeters. Does anyone know the labels from top to bottom, like centimeters to miles. Thanks

ebaines
Jan 30, 2008, 03:56 PM
You mean the metric prefixes? See the following site: Units: Metric Prefixes (http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/prefixes.html)

sonics_20
Jan 30, 2008, 04:10 PM
Does anyone know the standard untis like the Metric untis like tera, Giga, Mega, Kilo, Hecto, etc. Things like that. Thanks

Capuchin
Jan 30, 2008, 04:48 PM
These are called SI prefixes. A good overview can be found here:

SI prefix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix)