See Also: tera(medicine)
tera-(dictionary)
tera-(dictionary)

gag(3) (iou) and tera- (iou)


gag(3) (iou)



gag noun2. [gag] E19.
[from GAG verb3.]
An invented story; a deception, an imposture, a lie.

tera- (iou)



tera- combining form.
[from Greek teras monster.]
Used in names of units of measurement etc. to denote a factor of one millon million (1012), as tera-electronvolt, terahertz, terasecond, teravolt, terawatt; also (in Computing) denoting the closely equivalent factor of 240 (approx. 1.100 1012), as terabit, terabyte. Abbreviation T.