Unit prefix or if letters such as "T", which are already in use as SI units or prefixes, will again be skipped. Several personal proposals have been made for extending the series of prefixes, with ascending terms such as "xenna, weka, vendeka" (from Greek "ennea" (9), "deka" (10), "endeka" (11)) and descending terms such as "xono", "weco", "vundo" (from Latin "novem/nona" (9), "dec" (10), "undec" (11). Using Greek for ascending and Latin for descending would be consistent with established prefixes such as "deca, hecto, kilo" vs "deci, centi, milli"). Although some of these are repeated on the internet, none are in actual
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