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femto-

  1. a combining form used in the names of units of measurement which are 10− 15 (one quadrillionth) smaller than the unit denoted by the base word.


femto-

prefix

  1. denoting 10 –15 f

    femtometer

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of femto-1

< Danish, Norwegian femt ( en ) fifteen + -o-
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of femto-1

from Danish or Norwegian femten fifteen
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Griffith dies and is reborn as Femto, a member of the God Hand, who is undeterred by moral inhibitions.

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Femto becomes the spearhead of the God Hand’s schemes.

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Far to the right side of the decimal point—beyond milli, micro, nano, pico, and femto—lives the atto, the metric prefix representing 10-18.

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His pioneering work came in an area known by the exotic sounding name of femtochemistry, where femto is a prefix used to suggest quantities and time intervals on the order of a millionth of a billionth of those encountered in the everyday world.

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Just as slow-motion photography revealed aspects of common events hidden from the scrutiny of the unaided human senses, “femto†techniques, embodying laser capabilities, gave science new insights into how chemical reactions proceed.

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