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peta-

 
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a combining form used in the names of units of measure equal to one quadrillion (1015) of a given base unit: petabyte.
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peta-  
pref.  
  1. One quadrillion (1015): petahertz.
  2. 1,125,899,906,842,624 (250): petabyte.

[Alteration of penta- (from its representing the fifth power of a thousand).]
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peta-

/pe't*/ pref [SI] See quantifiers.
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Language Translation for : peta-
Spanish: carta, mapa,
German: die Seekarte,
Japanese: 海図
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peta- pref.
One quadrillion (1015): petagram.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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peta-  
  1. A prefix that means:
  2. One quadrillion (1015), as in petahertz, one quadrillion hertz.
  3. 250 (that is, 1,125,899,906,842,624), which is the power of two closest to a quadrillion, as in petabyte.

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peta-
prefix

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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