Femto

Morpheme

Femto

Type

bound base

Denotation

fifteen, fifth order of 10-3, 10-15

Etymology

Danish femten and Italian physicist Enrico Fermi

Evidence

femtoampere, femtobarn, femtobecquerel, femtobel, femtocache, femtocaching, femtocandela, femtocell, femtochemical, femtochemistry, femtocoulomb, femtoelectronvolt, femtoengineering, femtofarad, femtogram, femtoinjection, femtojoule, femtokatal, femtolaser, femtolensing, femtoliter, femtomachine, femtomagnetism, femtometer, femtomole, femtophotography, femtopipette, femtoplankton, femtoscale, femtoscopy, femtosecond, femtotechnology

Notes

International System of Units “Metric Prefix”

See Also

Peta, Five, Fif, Teen