@[email protected] to Science [email protected]English • edit-25 months agoMakes more sense than the Imperial systemfeddit.orgimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1606
arrow-up1606imageMakes more sense than the Imperial systemfeddit.org@[email protected] to Science [email protected]English • edit-25 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•5 months agoI think he’s proposing a skele-ton which is 0.01 tons, (i.e. 10kg), not a skelegram which is 10,000g. A skele-gram in this case would be 0.01g.
minus-squareBarqsHasBitelinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-25 months agoWell a metric tonne is based on a prefix, so a prefix to that is a double prefix. Skelemegagram to suit that situation which is the wrong way to do it.
I think he’s proposing a skele-ton which is 0.01 tons, (i.e. 10kg), not a skelegram which is 10,000g. A skele-gram in this case would be 0.01g.
Well a metric tonne is based on a prefix, so a prefix to that is a double prefix. Skelemegagram to suit that situation which is the wrong way to do it.
Sure, but the joke is skele-ton
where’s the prefix in “ton”/“tonne”?