micro or micro-
The metric system uses the prefix kilo~ for a thousand.... kilometre = 1,000 metres.
Metric system
The prefix is "kilo".
The metric system uses differing prefixes to show multiples of ten for base units. To indicate one thousand units, the prefix kilo- is used, as in kilometer, or kilowatt.
When the metric system was created, the inventors used the Greek word for 1000, kilo, as the prefix meaning 1000. They used the Latin word for 1000, mill, as the prefix meaning 1/1000.
milli --
for this answer: in the metric system what is the prefix for 1/100?ANSWER: centi-AtL 2009
The metric system is designed to deal in powers of ten, so it has a prefix for 100, which is hecto, but not for 110.
The prefix for million is mega-.
The metric system prefix for the quantity 0.001 is Milli.
The prefix is centi-
kilo-
millionth
centi-
Every prefix in the metric system denotes a power of 10.
In the metric system, "centi" is a prefix: it is not a measurement unit of any kind.
Milli