femta
Femta is a prefix in the metric system representing a factor of 10 to the power of -15. It is symbolized by the lowercase letter 'f'. For example, a femtometer is 10^-15 meters, and a femtosecond is 10^-15 seconds. This prefix is used to denote extremely small quantities, particularly in fields like physics and chemistry where atomic and subatomic scales are frequently encountered.
The prefix femto was adopted into the International System of Units (SI) in 1960. Its origin can
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