The SI nano- prefix means x 10-9
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'Nano' is not a noun; 'nano' is not even a word, it is a prefix meaning 'one billionth' or used informally as an extremely small part of a whole. Some words with the prefix nano- are nanosecond, nanotechnology, or nanoscale.
it means 1 billionth of a unit!!
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Nano- means million.
The prefix "nano" = 1/1,000,000,000 indicates 10^-9 or a billionth.
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The prefix for 10-9 is nano-.
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