pico-

In units of measurement, a factor of 10^-12.

Spanish pico, a little bit.

This is one of the standard SI (Système International) multiples (see the entryNumber words). An example is picosecond, a millionth of a millionth of a second; others are picogram, picofarad, and picocurie. A rare example in the looser sense of ‘extremely small’ occurs in picocell, a very small area of coverage in a wireless communication system, perhaps only a single room within a building.