It's simply a shorthand way of expressing large measurements. It takes less less ink (and less energy) to write or type millimetre - than 'millionth of a metre'.
Mega = 1,000,000 units kilo = 1,000 units centi = 1/100 unit milli = 1/1,000 unit micro= 1/1,000,000 unit nano = 1/1,000,000,000 unit
kilo hecto deka basic unit deci centi milli
The same prefixes as for any other units - kilo for 1000, Mega for a million (mega is not in common use, though), milli for 1/1000, micro for 1/1,000,000, etc.The same prefixes as for any other units - kilo for 1000, Mega for a million (mega is not in common use, though), milli for 1/1000, micro for 1/1,000,000, etc.The same prefixes as for any other units - kilo for 1000, Mega for a million (mega is not in common use, though), milli for 1/1000, micro for 1/1,000,000, etc.The same prefixes as for any other units - kilo for 1000, Mega for a million (mega is not in common use, though), milli for 1/1000, micro for 1/1,000,000, etc.
A milli is a 1/1000 whereas a kilo is a 1000
no. kilo is 1,000 times larger than 1. milli is 1,000 times smaller than one; therefore kilo is a factor of 1,000,000 larger than milli
Cemicro and demicro
These are all prefixes to root words. Mega = 1000000, kilo = 1000, milli = .0001, micro = .0000001
kilo = 1000deci = 1/10 centi = 1/100 milli = 1/1000 micro = 1/1000000 nano = 1/1000000000.
micro - one millionth (0.000001)centi - one hundreth (0.01)Kilo - one thousand (1,000)Mega - one million (1,000,000)milli - one thousandth (0.001)
"Kilo-", as in "kilometer", or "kilobyte". Or "Milli-", when it isn't used to mean 1/1000, as in "millennium".
Mega = 1,000,000 units kilo = 1,000 units centi = 1/100 unit milli = 1/1,000 unit micro= 1/1,000,000 unit nano = 1/1,000,000,000 unit
kilo, hecto, deka, 1 unit, deci, centi, milli, micro, nano, pico
centi-, milli-, micro-, deca-, kilo-
kilo hecto deka basic unit deci centi milli
The same prefixes as for any other units - kilo for 1000, Mega for a million (mega is not in common use, though), milli for 1/1000, micro for 1/1,000,000, etc.The same prefixes as for any other units - kilo for 1000, Mega for a million (mega is not in common use, though), milli for 1/1000, micro for 1/1,000,000, etc.The same prefixes as for any other units - kilo for 1000, Mega for a million (mega is not in common use, though), milli for 1/1000, micro for 1/1,000,000, etc.The same prefixes as for any other units - kilo for 1000, Mega for a million (mega is not in common use, though), milli for 1/1000, micro for 1/1,000,000, etc.
A milli is a 1/1000 whereas a kilo is a 1000
Kilo means 1000 units and milli means 1/1000 of a unit