zettametre
zettametre noun: an SI unit of length equal to 10²¹ metres. Symbol: Zm.
Noun
zettametre (plural zettametres)
- An SI unit of length equal to 10²¹ metres. Symbol: Zm
- Holonyms: yottametre < ronnametre < quettametre
- Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre < exametre
Examples of zettametre in a sentence
- The largest known galaxy, at the centre of the Abell 2029 cluster in Virgo, has a diameter of around 53 zettametres.1994, New Scientist - Volume 144, Issues 1951-1958, page 81:
- As one of my reviewers (SP Gray) puts it: '...I think that Andromeda will be a good deal closer to the Solar System than it is now, before we read of its distance in zettametres'2015 August, Keith Atkin, “Time to ditch non-SI units in physics teaching?”, in Physics Education, volume 50, number 5:
- How many kiloparsecs are there in a zettametre (10²¹ m)?2018, Margreth Tadie, Robert Pott, Neill Goosen, Petrie Van Wyk, Karin Elizabeth Wolff, “Expanding 1st year problem-solving skills through...
Forms of zettametre
| plural | zettametres |
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Origin of zettametre
From zetta- + metre.
Questions about zettametre
- What does zettametre mean?
- Zettametre means an SI unit of length equal to 10²¹ metres. Symbol: Zm.
- How do you use zettametre in a sentence?
- The largest known galaxy, at the centre of the Abell 2029 cluster in Virgo, has a diameter of around 53 zettametres.
- What part of speech is zettametre?
- Zettametre is a noun.
- What is the plural of zettametre?
- The plural of zettametre is zettametres.
Words near zettametre in the dictionary
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