denci is not an SI prefix.
centi = 0.01 or one hundredth
kilo = 1000 = thousand
milli = 0.001 = one thousandth.
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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 = 1,000 mega = 1,000,000 milli = 0.001 (or 1/1000)
they are french and originally derived from greek
Prefixes based on powers of 10 can be used with any SI (metric) unit. Some of the common prefixes are: Deka (10) Hekto (100) deci (1/10) centi (1/100) kilo (1000 Mega (million) milli (1/1000) micro (1/1,000,000)
It is kilo, not killo. milli = 1/1000 and kilo = 1000 so a kilo represents a much bigger amount.