What is the difference between multiple and sub multiple units?

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12 December, 19:53

What is the difference between multiple and sub multiple units?

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Belinda Mercer · Answer 1

multiple is the product of any quantity and an integer ... This terminology is also used with units of measurement (for example by the BIPM and NIST), where a submultiple of a main unit is a unit, named by prefixing the main unit, defined as the quotient of the main unit by an integer, mostly a power of 10^3.