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hella-

hella- prefix: a proposed synonym for ronna- (10²⁷).

Prefix

hella-

  1. (informal, neologism) A proposed synonym for ronna- (10²⁷)
    • Point your little browser toward The Official Petition to Establish ‘Hella-‘ as the SI Prefix for 10^27 if you want your storage space in 50 years to be measured in hellabytes and the universe’s weight in hellagrams. […] One hellameter would be something like a billion light-years, and the limit of...2010 February 20, Devin Coldewey, “Yes we can make "hellabytes" an SI-recognized term”, in TechCrunch
    • The universe, he said, is 1.4 hellameters across. The sun's power is 0.3 hellawatts.2010 August 10, Carlos Alcalã, “Physics student's prefix idea is 'hella' good”, in Phys.org

Origin of hella-

From hella.

Questions about hella-

What does hella- mean?
Hella- means a proposed synonym for ronna- (10²⁷).
What part of speech is hella-?
Hella- is a prefix.

Words near hella- in the dictionary

  1. hell-rakes
  2. hell-realm
  3. Hell-Realms
  4. hell-roaring
  5. hella
  6. hella-
  7. hellaballoo
  8. hellaballoos
  9. hellabaloo
  10. hellabaloos
  11. hellabyte

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