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Orders of magnitude (power)

Orders of magnitude (power)

Powers of 103
equal to...
examples
orders of magnitude
1 microwatt
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10-6 W, 10-5 W, 10-4 W
1 milliwatt
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10-3 W, 10-2 W, 10-1 W
1 watt
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horsepower = 745.7 W
1 W, 10 W, 102 W
1 kilowatt
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103 W, 104 W, 105 W
1 megawatt
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106 W, 107 W, 108 W
1 gigawatt
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109 W, 1010 W, 1011 W
1012 watts
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1012 W, 1013 W, 1014 W
1015 watts
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1015 W, 1016 W, 1017 W
1018 watts
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1018 W, 1019 W, 1020 W
1021 watts
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1021 W, 1022 W, 1023 W
1024 watts
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Sun's Luminosity = 3.86 × 1026W
1024 W, 1025 W, 1026 W
1027 watts
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1027 W, 1028 W, 1029 W
1030 watts
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1030 W, 1031 W, 1032 W
1033 watts
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1033 W, 1034 W, 1035 W
1036 watts
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1036 W, 1037 W, 1038 W
1039 watts
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1039 W, 1040 W, 1041 W

The pages linked in the right-hand column contain lists of powers that are of the same order of magnitude (power of ten). Rows in the table represent increasing powers of a thousand.

Orders of magnitude of other quantities: energy[?], time, length, area, volume, mass

See also SI, SI prefixes, SI base units, units, power, orders of magnitude, conversion of units

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