Quettasecond
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004635
A unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) equal to 10³⁰ seconds. This unit, formed by adding the prefix 'quetta' to 'second', is used for measuring immense durations on cosmological or geological scales. The prefix 'quetta' was officially adopted by the General Conference on Weights and Measures in 2022, extending the range of available SI prefixes for very large quantities.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-004635 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Metrology and inspection |
| Translations | German: Quettasekunde; Spanish: quettasegundo; French: quettasecond |
Record as JSON
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"es": "quettasegundo",
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