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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

yocto- en · X

Pronunciation

  • /ˈjɑk.toʊ̯-/ (General-American)
  • yŏk′tō-
  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈjɒk.təʊ̯-/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), for the eighth order of 10⁻³. The letter y was added, as the second term in a series running backwards through the alphabet.

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻²⁴ short scale septillionth or long scale quadrillionth).

Antonyms

yotta-

Deriveds

yoctobecquerel · yoctoampere · yoctogray · yoctojoule · yoctometre · yoctohenry · yoctogram · yoctofarad · yoctosecond · yoctometer · yoctocoloumb

Relateds

mul:y-

Translations (16)

id yokto- (10−24) · fr yocto- (10−24) · ru йокто- (10−24) · ms yokto- (10−24) · ja ヨクト- (10−24) · gl yocto- (10−24) · nl yocto- (10−24) · th ยอกโต- (10−24) · uk йокто- (10−24) · vi yóc-tô (10−24) · bg йокто- (10−24) · fi jokto- (10−24) · de yokto- (10−24) · is joktó- (10−24) · vi yoc-tô (10−24) · cmn 幺科托 (10−24)

wikidata: Q110823