tera- en · X
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtɛ.ɹə/ (US)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”). Also from Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares, “four”), by analogy with tetra- for being the fourth power of 10³. Doublet of terato-.
Meanings
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(morpheme) In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹² (short scale trillion or long scale billion).
a 2-terawatt increase
Near-synonym: T
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(morpheme, proscribed, qualifier:but still in common use) tebi- (2⁴⁰ = 1024⁴).
a 2-terabyte hard drive
Antonyms
Coordinates
see at Wikipedia > bit and byte prefixes · see at Wikipedia > bit and byte prefixes
Deriveds
terasecond · teraflare · tera win · teraelectron volt · terameter · teragram · THz · tebi- · terahertz · terabyte
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Synonyms
Translations (25)
cmn 兆- (SI prefix) · io tera- (SI prefix) · vi tê-ra (SI prefix) · mk тера- (SI prefix) · pl tera- (SI prefix) · ms tera- (SI prefix) · ko 테라- (SI prefix) · es tera- (SI prefix) · cmn 太拉- (SI prefix) · fr téra- (SI prefix) · yue 太- (SI prefix) · el τερα- (SI prefix) · de tera- (SI prefix) · hu tera- (SI prefix) · id tera- (SI prefix) · cmn 太- (SI prefix) · cs tera- (SI prefix) · nl tera- (SI prefix) · th เทระ- (SI prefix) · fi tera- (SI prefix) · pt tera- (SI prefix) · gl tera- (SI prefix) · ru тера- (SI prefix) · bg тера- (SI prefix) · ja テラ- (SI prefix)