femto-
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From Danish femten (“fifteen”), and the previous name of the femtometre, the fermi.
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femto-
- In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−15 (short scale quadrillionth or long scale billiardth). Symbol: f.
- Antonym: peta-
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femto-
- femto- (SI prefix for 10-15)
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- femto- in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
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Created in 1962, by the Danish physicist Henning Højgaard Jensen (1918–2001), from the number femten (“fifteen”).
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femto-
- femto- (SI prefix for 10-15)
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Internationalism (see English femto-).
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femto-
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- “femto-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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From English femto-, from Danish femten (“fifteen”), and the previous name of the femtometre, the fermi.
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fémto
- femto-: in the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−15. Symbol: f.
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Category Indonesian terms prefixed with femto- not found
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- “femto-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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Category Polish terms prefixed with femto- not found
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- femto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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