Myrio

   

Myrio is an obsolete prefix in the SI system of units that denoted a factor of 10−4 (one ten-thousandth). Its symbol was mo.

The prefix came from the Greek μύριοι (mýrioi), meaning both ten thousand and "an indefinite large number". Adopted in France in 1795, it was not included when the SI prefixes were internationally agreed by the 11th CGPM in 1960.


Obsolete SI prefixes

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(Sub)multiple Prefix Symbol Short scale Name Long scale Name
104 myria ma Ten thousand, Myriad
10-4 myrio mo Ten thousandth, Myriadth(?)


See also

fr:myrio


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