Until November 18, 2022, the SI prefix system was limited to yotta- = 1024. On November 18, 2022, quetta- was included in the official prefix for 1030.[1] Other names have been proposed as follows.
| Prefix (1030) | Reciprocal (10-30) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Quetta- | Quecto- | Official (since 18 November 2022) as a resolution at CGPM [1] |
| Quecca- | Quecto- | From the original proposal lodged with the BIPM[2] |
| Tena- | Tento- | by Jim Blowers[3] |
| Wecca- | Wecto- | by Sbiis Saibian[4] |
| Decetta- | Decemo- | by Robert Munafo[5] |
| Squilli- | in Sandcastle Builder[6] | |
| Weka- | Wekto- | in Blowers' old system[7] |
| Tea- | Teo- | by NumLynx[8] |
| Weica- | Weici- | by André Joyce[9] |
| Tea- | Teo- or tio- | by Aarex Tiaokhiao[10] |
| Vana- | Vanto- | in Tiaokhiao's old system[11] |
| Geopa- | Gepto- | by Cookie Fonster[12] |
| Geo(p)- | by Lawrence Hollom, and often on the Internet[13] | |
| Grouchi- | Groucho- | by Morgan Burke (after Groucho Marx)[14] |
| Kena- | meco- | by MultiSoul[15] |
| Wekta- | Weko- | by Jeff K. Aronson[16] |
| Dea- | Tredo- | by Alex Lopez-Ortiz[17] |
| Wotta- | Wocto- | by H. Paul Shuch[18][19] |
| Expona- | Expo- | By XRQ CORPORATION[20] |
Approximation of prefix size[]
| Notation | Approximation |
|---|---|
| Arrow notation | \(10\uparrow30\) |
| Bowers' Exploding Array Function | {10,30} |
| Bird's array notation | {10,30} |
| Chained arrow notation | \(10\rightarrow30\) |
| Hyper-E notation | \(E30\) |
| Scientific notation | \(10^{ 30 }\) |
Sources[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Resolution 3 of the 27th CGPM (2022) Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ↑ https://www.science.org/content/article/you-know-kilo-mega-and-giga-metric-system-ready-ronna-and-quecca
- ↑ Extension of SI prefix system by Jim Blowers
- ↑ SEPS
- ↑ EMPS
- ↑ Sandcastle Builder
- ↑ Non-Canonical SI Prefixes
- ↑ SI prefixes. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ↑ André Joyce's Googology page
- ↑ Aarex's Large Numbers
- ↑ Aarex's Extended SI Prefixes
- ↑ Pointless Large Number Stuff
- ↑ Extremely Big Numbers
- ↑ Morgan Burke in sci.engr.mech
- ↑ Extended Si Prefix System 2.0 retrieved at UTC 4:50 on November 7th in 2021.
- ↑ Robert Munafo's SI Prefixes
- ↑ sci.math FAQ Names of Large Numbers
- ↑ Unofficial SI Prefixes
- ↑ Shuch, H. Paul. The large and the small of it (Letter). Science News 143(14): 211, April 3, 1993
- ↑ XRQ CORPORATION's Prefixes and Reciprocals (Warning: Unreliable citation of a possibly unstable source due to the lack of the retrieval date)
See also[]
Suffixes: -teen · -ty · -plex · -illion · -yllion · -exian · -chime · -toll · -gong · -bong · -throng · -illiob
Prefixes: gar- · fz- · fuga- · megafuga- · booga- · trooga- · googo- · googolple-
SI prefixes: deca- · hecto- · kilo- · mega- · giga- · tera- · peta- · exa- · zetta- · yotta- · ronna- · quetta-
Non-SI prefixes: 1.001 · 1.01 · 1.1 · 1.5 · 2 · 3 · 666 · 104 · 105 · 107 · 108 · 1010 · 1011 · 1013 · 1014 · 1016 · 1017 · 1019 · 1020 · 1022 · 1023 · 1025 · 1027 · 1028 · 1029 · 1030 · 1031 · 1032 · 1033 · 1034 · 1035 · 1036 · 1039 · 1042 · 1045 · 1048 · 1051 · 1054 · 1057 · 1060 · 1063 · 1066 · 1069 · 1072 · 1075 · 1090 · 10100 · 10120 · 10150 · 10180 · 10210 · 10240 · 10270 · 10300 · 10600 · 10900 · 101200 · 101500 · 101800 · 102100 · 102400 · 102700 · 103000 and higher