kilo- vs milli-

kilo-

prefix
  • In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1,000. Symbol: k 

  • Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ (1024) 

milli-

prefix
  • In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, one-thousandth of the unit to which it is prefixed; that is, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻³. Symbol: m. 

  • thousand 

How often have the words kilo- and milli- occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )