Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> At 03:19 PM 1/16/2006, you wrote:
Original poster: Jared E Dwarshuis <jdwarshui@xxxxxxxxx> To tesla@xxxxxxxxxx Subject Capacitance HELP Original poster: Allan & Sandra <allan_sandra@xxxxxxxxx> ....................................................................... Hi Al- I always lean on a mneumonic: Thank Goodness Many Kind Men Made No Problem. Terra Geiga Megga Killo Milli Micro Nano Pico +12 +9 +6 +3 -3 -6 -9 -12 (hope this helps! ) Jared Dwarshuis
Perhaps Tera, Giga, Mega, Kilo, Milli, -, Micro, Nano, Pico, Femto might be more correctly spelled.
SI requires use of just the powers of 1000,as above, but in practical use, you'll also see deci (=1/10th as in beer coming in a 3 deciliter glass) and centi (1/100th) as in cm.