superkret@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-22 months agoMakes more sense than the Imperial systemfeddit.orgimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoA metric ton would be more accurately called a megagram (Mg). What Jesse is proposing here is a new prefix of skelegram to be 10,000 grams. That would also mean a skelemeter to be 10,000 m.
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 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.
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSure, but the joke is skele-ton
A metric ton would be more accurately called a megagram (Mg).
What Jesse is proposing here is a new prefix of skelegram to be 10,000 grams. That would also mean a skelemeter to be 10,000 m.
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