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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

A metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).

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A metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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That’s what unit prefixes are for… you can measure your height in cm
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  Exactly!

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