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quectogram

quectogram noun: an SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻³⁰ grams. Symbol: qg.

Noun

quectogram (plural quectograms)

  1. An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻³⁰ grams. Symbol: qg
    • The arrival of the new prefixes means the Earth can now be said to weigh six ronnagrams, and Jupiter about two quettagrams. An electron weighs about a rontogram, and a single bit of data stored on a mobile phone adds about 10 quectograms to its mass.2022 November 18, Ian Sample, “Earth weighs in at six ronnagrams as new prefixes picked for big and small”, in The Guardian

Forms of quectogram

pluralquectograms
alternative UKquectogramme

Origin of quectogram

From quecto- + gram.

Questions about quectogram

What does quectogram mean?
Quectogram means an SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻³⁰ grams. Symbol: qg.
What part of speech is quectogram?
Quectogram is a noun.
What is the plural of quectogram?
The plural of quectogram is quectograms.

Words near quectogram in the dictionary

  1. Quechuanists
  2. Quechuans
  3. Quechuas
  4. Quechumaran
  5. quecto-
  6. quectogram
  7. quectograms
  8. quectosecond
  9. quectoseconds
  10. Queda
  11. Quedah

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