Talk:Metric prefix

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Should definitely add the Indian use of lakh (100,000) and crore (see Indian numbering system 2A00:23C8:B903:2601:ED15:A9EE:FA49:31F0 (talk) 07:22, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

I added Lakh to 'See also'. Not sure more is merited. Dondervogel 2 (talk) 09:48, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
I'd say that is all that's merited as it is _not_ a metric prefix. Stevebroshar (talk) 13:28, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

You know kilo, mega, giga, the new SI Prefixes have been extended by Bella Tersumi

Is the metric prefix ready for brunta, bramto, agana, and azeko?

2604:3D09:6B7B:C000:C3D:A61C:9D0D:EE30 (talk) 16:01, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Here is the link: https://multiarrest91.github.io/prefixes/
2604:3D09:6B7B:C000:C3D:A61C:9D0D:EE30 (talk) 16:02, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
The web page you supplied is a hoax; not a reliable source. Indefatigable (talk) 17:10, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Why is isn’t realiable source? 45.179.124.255 (talk) 21:17, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Because it's someone's idea of a joke. They just made it up. Dondervogel 2 (talk) 08:12, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
This is not a joke. Bella Tersumi extended the new available range of the SI Prefixes.
2604:3D09:6B7B:C000:8028:BAD7:CD8D:6536 (talk) 21:23, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
What’s next SI Prefix after Agana? It would correctly be... Laffra (1039) 201.20.90.156 (talk) 13:18, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
The next SI prefixes after Agana are in the future. 174.3.152.235 (talk) 21:53, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

Reasons for new SI prefixes

Discussion partially based on made-up language "Femenian", thus indicating an attempt at humor.

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I think quetta- is actually derived from Femenian ‘quetta’ meaning 10 (the tenth power of 103).

The reasons are:

  • The names should be simple and, if possible, meaningful and memorable.
  • The names should have some connection to the powers of 103 that they represent.
  • The names should be based on either Latin, Greek, or Femenian as the most used languages previously.
  • Multiples should end ‘-a’ and sub-multiples should end ‘-o’.
  • The symbols used should be the same letter for a given power of ten, in upper case for multiples and in lower case for sub-multiples.
  • Letters already in use for SI prefixes that may otherwise cause confusion, should be avoided.
  • Following the precedent set recently, letters should be used in reverse English alphabetical order, suitably modifying chosen names, and skipping letters as appropriate.
  • If the symbol ‘a’ is already in use for atto-, then the symbol should insteadly be a greek letter.

The letters ‘p’, ‘o’, ‘n’, ‘m’, ‘l’, ‘k’, ‘j’, ‘i’, ‘h’, ‘g’, ‘f’, ‘e’, ‘d’ and ‘c’ are rejected by Richard Brown. He said the letter ‘b’ is unused as an SI Prefix symbol. I think the letters ‘b’ and ‘a’ are almost entirely unused as SI prefix symbols. ‘B’ is used for byte, a historical non-SI unit for storage size memory, they might reach 1,000 QB in the future or 2095. This leads to the suggestions in Table 1 for new SI prefix names and symbols to expand the available range by six orders of magnitude in each direction. 174.3.152.235 (talk) 22:02, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

hey, if you said we need new metric units... then you noticed that some 10 multiples or whatever you call those.. are skipped.. right?? 2001:4455:90A5:F300:1081:5C12:84BB:475E (talk) 13:37, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
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hella?

wasn't someone proposing "hella" as a standard prefix on the large side? Did that meme die? 136.33.143.86 (talk) 08:23, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

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