tera-
a combining form used in the names of units of measure equal to one trillion of a given base unit: terahertz.
Computers. a combining form of like function with the value 240 (= 1,099,511,627,766).
Origin of tera-
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How to use tera- in a sentence
Tera was a rising star, and with Digital Playground, launched to the top in almost record time.
10 Fascinating Porn Star Memoirs: Aurora Snow on Porn Tell-Alls | Aurora Snow | May 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWell-renowned adult superstar Tera Patrick has followed this successful philosophy with her company, TeraVision.
Porn Superfans: Aurora Snow on the Relationship Between Cam Girls and Their Fans | Aurora Snow | April 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were Jenna Jameson, Tera Patrick, and Sasha Grey: all were well known in mainstream pop culture.
Porn Stars: The Death of a Sex-Industry Profession | Richard Abowitz | February 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNow, no one has a fair chance at what happened for Jenna, Tera, and me.
Porn Stars: The Death of a Sex-Industry Profession | Richard Abowitz | February 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe prefix for trillion, as we know from super-computer lingo, is “tera.”
The Wall Street Journal's Trillion-Dollar Error | Christopher Buckley | January 14, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
A Buddhist church (tera) is a place where adherents go as anniversaries come round or for sermons.
The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson ScottTura only needs a change of one letter to make Tera, the father of Abraham.
The Bible Of Bibles; | Kersey GravesKo te tangata tera e mohio ana ki te whakairo rakau, that is the man who understands carving wood.
First Lessons in the Maori Language | William Leonard WilliamsTera is often used in an emphatic way for the personal pronoun of the third person singular.
First Lessons in the Maori Language | William Leonard WilliamsHymenopteral, hī-men-op′tėr-al, adj. pertaining to the Hymenop′tera, an order of insects having four membranous wings.
British Dictionary definitions for tera-
denoting 10 12: terameter
Also: tebi- denoting 2 40: terabyte
Origin of tera-
1- Symbol: T
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Scientific definitions for tera-
A prefix that means:
One trillion (1012), as in terahertz, one trillion hertz.
240 (that is, 1,099,511,627,776), which is the power of two closest to a trillion, as in terabyte.
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