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tera-

  1. a combining form used in the names of units of measure equal to one trillion of a given base unit:

    terahertz.

  2. Computers. a combining form of like function with the value 2 40 (= 1,099,511,627,766).


tera-

prefix

  1. denoting 10 12

    terameter

  2. Alsotebi- denoting 2 40

    terabyte

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


tera–

  1. A prefix that means:
  2. One trillion (10 12), as in terahertz, one trillion hertz.
  3. 2 40 (that is, 1,099,511,627,776), which is the power of two closest to a trillion, as in terabyte.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tera-1

< Greek téras monster. See terato-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tera-1

from Greek teras monster
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Example Sentences

Tera was a rising star, and with Digital Playground, launched to the top in almost record time.

Well-renowned adult superstar Tera Patrick has followed this successful philosophy with her company, TeraVision.

There were Jenna Jameson, Tera Patrick, and Sasha Grey: all were well known in mainstream pop culture.

Now, no one has a fair chance at what happened for Jenna, Tera, and me.

The prefix for trillion, as we know from super-computer lingo, is “tera.”

A Buddhist church (tera) is a place where adherents go as anniversaries come round or for sermons.

Tura only needs a change of one letter to make Tera, the father of Abraham.

Ko te tangata tera e mohio ana ki te whakairo rakau, that is the man who understands carving wood.

Tera is often used in an emphatic way for the personal pronoun of the third person singular.

Hymenopteral, hī-men-op′tėr-al, adj. pertaining to the Hymenop′tera, an order of insects having four membranous wings.

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