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yotta-

prefix
/ˈjɒtə/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), for the eighth order of 10³. The consonants ct are reduced to tt; the final a conforms to the finals vowel of the SI series from mega- upwards; the letter y was added, as the second term in a series running through the alphabet backwards (from zetta-).

  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 10²⁴ (a short scale septillion or long scale quadrillion). Symbol: Y

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for yotta-. 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