superkret@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-21 month agoMakes more sense than the Imperial systemfeddit.orgimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1602
arrow-up1602imageMakes more sense than the Imperial systemfeddit.orgsuperkret@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month 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-up1·edit-21 month 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-up5·1 month agoSure, but the joke is skele-ton
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agowhere’s the prefix in “ton”/“tonne”?
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”?