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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[New SI prefixes go large and small&#xA;&#xA;Just sharing this from Physics world magazine as It seems relevant to anyone interested in large and small numerical values.&#xA;&#xA;Physics World article(s)&#xA;&#xA;So basically we are looking at :&#xA;&#xA;$10^{27}$ - Nonna&#xA;$10^{30}$ - quecca&#xA;Along with their counterparts &#xA;$10^{-27}$ - ronto&#xA;$10^{-30}$ - quecto&#xA;&#xA;Tags&#xA;&#xA;#Physics,#Maths,#New,#SI,#Units,#PhysicsWorld&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Just sharing this from <a href="https://physicsworld.com" rel="nofollow">Physics world magazine</a> as It seems relevant to anyone interested in large and small numerical values.</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://physicsworld.com/a/new-si-prefixes-go-large-and-small-using-physics-to-avoid-sauce-splatter/" rel="nofollow">Physics World article(s)</a></li></ul>

<p>So basically we are looking at :</p>
<ul><li>$10^{27}$ – Nonna</li>
<li>$10^{30}$ – quecca
Along with their counterparts</li>
<li>$10^{-27}$ – ronto</li>
<li>$10^{-30}$ – quecto</li></ul>

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