nano

• unit prefix

  • new in 1.67

  • used before many unit names to multiply by 10^-9 (one billionth). For example, a nanometer is 0.000000001 meters.

  • Currently the following unit names beginning with this prefix may be used: nanoamp, nanoampere, nanoamperes, nanoamps, nanocoulomb, nanocoulombs, nanofarad, nanofarads, nanogram, nanograms, nanohenries, nanohenry, nanohertz, nanohz, nanojoule, nanojoules, nanoliter, nanoliters, nanolitre, nanolitres, nanometer, nanometers, nanometre, nanometres, nanonewton, nanonewtons, nanoohm, nanoohms, nanopascal, nanopascals, nanosec, nanosecond, nanoseconds, nanosecs, nanosiemens, nanotesla, nanoteslas, nanovolt, nanovolts, nanowatt, nanowatts, nanoweber, nanowebers, nanoω

  • The full list of metric prefixes includes:

    • Prefix	Multiple
      deci	0.1
      centi	0.01
      milli	0.001
      micro	10 ^ -6
      nano	10 ^ -9
      pico	10 ^ -12
      femto	10 ^ -15
      atto	10 ^ -18
      zepto	10 ^ -21
      yocto	10 ^ -24
      deca, deka	10
      hecto	100
      kilo	1000
      mega	10 ^ 6
      giga	10 ^ 9
      tera	10 ^ 12
      peta	10 ^ 15
      exa	10 ^ 18
      zetta	10 ^ 21
      yotta	10 ^ 24