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yocto-

prefix
/ˈjɑk.toʊ/US/ˈjɒk.təʊ/UK

Etymology

Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), for the eighth order of 10⁻³. The letter y was added, as the second term in a series running backwards through the alphabet.

  1. derived from ὀκτώ — “eight”

Definitions

  1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the…

    In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻²⁴ short scale septillionth or long scale quadrillionth).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for yocto-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA