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Multiple Units

units that are integral multiples of systemic and subsidiary units of physical quantities. In the International

Table 1. Multiple units
		Designation
Multiplicity	Prefix	Russian	International
10¹ ..........	deca-	д	da
10² ..........	hecto-	┌	h
10³ ..........	kilo-	k	k
10⁶ ..........	mega-	M	M
10⁹ ..........	giga-	Γ	G
10¹² ..........	tera-	т	T

System of Units, multiple units are formed according to the decimal principle, which relates the multiple units to the basic units. They are named using prefixes with the name of the basic unit (see Table 1).

Examples: 1 decaliter (da l) = 10 l, 1 kilometer (km) = 10³ m, 1 megahertz (MHz) = 10⁶ Hz.

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