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 |
-- |
-- |
106 W, 107 W, 108 W |
1 gigawatt |
-- |
-- |
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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