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New SI prefixes go large and small, using physics to avoid sauce splatter

18 Nov 2022 Hamish Johnston
The Earth as seen from space
Several ronnagrams: Earth as seen by the crew of Apollo 17. (Courtesy: NASA)
Say hello to the first new SI prefixes since 1991. At the humongous end of the scale, ronna and quec

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