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tera

prefix in the metric system denoting 1000000000000 10¹² (10^12) (which indicates the 10 to the 12th power) that was made by SI in 1960
Thing si_prefix Q108529

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
SI prefix, UCUM prefix[1]
Follows
giga[2]
Followed by
peta[3]
Defining formula
10^{12}
Different from
tebi[7]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[11]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C67895[6]
Numeric value
+1000000000000[5]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Lukion taulukot[8]
Time of discovery or invention
1960[4]
Unit symbol
T, Т[9][10]
🏷️ Also known as
en tera- en tera SI prefix en T en tera prefix en T- en tera ar تيرا de T el τερα es T es tera- fa ترا fi Tebi fr téra fr 10^12 fr T fr tera fr téra- he טר- he טרא-
🔖 Identifiers · 17
OpenAlex ID
C2775904623
Elhuyar ZTH ID
064392
FOLDOC ID
tera-
Freebase ID
/m/0dldw
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
tera-0
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0145676
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
tera
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
tera-b3f1ac
IEV number
112-02-26
IUPAC Gold Book ID
T06271
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2775904623
ProofWiki ID
Definition:Metric_System/Scaling_Prefixes/tera-
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UCUM code
T
UMLS CUI
C1553026
Wolfram Language unit code
"Tera"
World of Physics ID
Tera
Wurvoc.org measure ID
tera

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🔗 Connections
Belongs to 1
SI prefix
Followed by 1
peta
Followed by (predecessor) 1
peta
Follows 1
giga
Instance of 1
SI prefix
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Named after 1
terawatt
Preceded by (successor) 1
giga
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Influence

Things named for tera include terawatt[12], an unit of power[13].

Why It Matters

Entities named for tera include terawatt[12], an unit of power[13].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Lukion taulukot. Retrieved . fi.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Logopedia. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Zache-test · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Numeric value → {'amount': '+1000000000000'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu',
    Followed by → peta
    NCI Thesaurus ID → C67895
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Lukion taulukot, Add WikiProject Lukion taulukot membership with SI prefix criterion and the checked source"
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