Tera

Morpheme

Tera

Type

bound base

Denotation

(1) trillion; (2) marvel, monster; (3) four, fourth order of 103, 1012

Etymology

Ancient Greek téras and téttares on analogy of tetra

Evidence

teraampere, terabit, terabyte, teragram, terahertz, terajoule, teralumen, terameter, teraop, terasecond, teraton, teravolt, terawatt

See Also

Terate, Pico