Steradian


Steradian is a unit of solid angle in a three dimensional space. The steradian is defined as the solid angle subtended at center of a sphere by an area of its surface equal to square of the radius of that sphere. OR .
The steradian is defined as the solid angle that,  having its vertex in the center of a sphere, cuts off an area of the surface of sphere equal to that of a square with side of length equal to the radius of the sphere.
                                          The surface are of a closed sphere of radius "r" is 4πr².According to the definition                                                      Sr= 4πr²/r²
                                             Sr =
Any closed surface subtends a solid  angle of   at any of its interior point.

Prefixes of the Power of 10:

Sometimes, we have to deal with quantities that are either very large or very small compared with the basic standard units. For this purpose we use certain prefixes such as centi, mili, micro, kilo etc which are given in the table below.



Prefix

Symbol

Power

Prefix

Symbol

Power

Deca

d

10¹

Deci

d

10¯¹

Hector

h

10²

Centi

C

10¯²

Kilo

K

10³

Mili

m

10¯³

Mega

M

10⁶

Micro

 µ

10¯⁶

Giga

G

10⁹

Nano

n

10¯⁹

Terra

T

10¹²

Pico

p

10¯¹²

Peta

P

10¹⁵

Femto

f

10¯¹⁵

Exa

E

10¹⁸

Alto

a

10¯¹⁸



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