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quecca-

quecca- is the obsolete form of quetta-.

Meaning of quetta-

Prefix

quetta-

  1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10³⁰ (a short scale nonillion or long scale quintillion).
    Synonyms:
    quecca-, geop-
    Antonyms:
    quecto-

Origin of quecca-

Original proposed prefix for 10³⁰, but replaced with quetta- in the final plan due to a high resemblance to the Portuguese obscenity queca.

Questions about quecca-

What is quecca- the obsolete form of?
Quecca- is the obsolete form of quetta-.

Words near quecca- in the dictionary

  1. Quebradillas
  2. quebrado
  3. quebrados
  4. quebrantamuro
  5. quebrith
  6. quecca-
  7. queccabyte
  8. queccabytes
  9. Quecchi
  10. Quechajaja
  11. Quechan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quecca- (page history and authors); quetta- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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