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Quettagram

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-007188

A unit of mass equal to 10^30 grams, which is one nonillion grams or 10^27 kilograms. This is roughly half the mass of Jupiter, so the unit suits planetary-scale masses. The prefix quetta, symbol Q, was adopted by the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures in 2022 and is the largest SI prefix.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-007188
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMetrology and inspection
TranslationsGerman: Quettagramm; Spanish: quettagramo; French: quettagramme
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-007188",
  "term": "Quettagram",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A unit of mass equal to 10^30 grams, which is one nonillion grams or 10^27 kilograms. This is roughly half the mass of Jupiter, so the unit suits planetary-scale masses. The prefix quetta, symbol Q, was adopted by the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures in 2022 and is the largest SI prefix.",
  "subject": "Metrology and inspection",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Quettagramm",
    "es": "quettagramo",
    "fr": "quettagramme"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/quettagram/"
}

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