zetta-
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Etymology
Coined with Latin septem and Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) in mind, for the seventh order of 103. The consonants pt are reduced to tt as in Italian, by analogy with peta-; the initial z was chosen instead of s to avoid confusion with s for second.[1]
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zetta-
- In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1021 (a short scale sextillion or long scale trilliard). Symbol: Z
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- ^ “zetta-, comb. form”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2018.
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