by Tondoteottotote on July 29th, 2005

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What is the origin, the symbol, and the factor of the pico- prefix?

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  • by RedJohn on September 25th, 2005

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    A pico is a standard SI unit. The symbol is the lower-case letter 'p' (e.g., picofarad or pF) and it has a value of 10^-12. According to my dictionary, it comes from Spanish.

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