zetta-

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá), for the seventh order of 10³. The consonants pt are reduced to tt as in Italian, by analogy with peta-; the letter z was added, as a start to running through the alphabet backwards.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɛtə/

Prefix

SI prefix
Z	Previous:	exa-
Z	Next:	yotta-

zetta-

In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10²¹, a sextillion. Symbol: Z

Antonyms

zepto-

Derived terms

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zebi-

Translations

SI prefix

Bulgarian: зета- (zeta-)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 澤- (zaak⁶)

Mandarin: 澤- (zh), 泽- (zh) (zé-) (mainland China), 澤它-, 泽它- (zétā-) (mainland China), 皆- (zh) (jiē-) (Taiwan)
Dutch: zetta- (nl)
Finnish: tsetta-
French: zetta- (fr)
Galician: zetta- (gl)

German: Zetta- (de)
Greek: ζεττα- (zetta-)
Indonesian: zeta-
Japanese: ゼタ-
Korean: 제타- (jeta-)
Malay: zeta-
Spanish: zetta-

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Prefix

zetta-

zetta-

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