Appendix V
METRIC PREFIXES
In practice, several parameters which are very large or very small are required to be referred to. These are mentioned as multiples of 10. In SI, a number of metric prefixes are used to mention their largeness or smallness. These are as follows.
Since hecto-, deca-, deci-, and centi- are not multiples of powers of three (103), these prefixes are not approved and should be avoided in formal texts.
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