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why don't people say mega meters (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by joel_feila@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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How come people say 5,000 km and not 5 Mm?
why not just say millions of meters or Mega meters?

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[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 8 months ago

megaton, megawatt, megapascal, megacandela (for military flares), megahertz, megajoule, megaohm, megabequerel

[-] pissclumps@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago

Megatron

[-] Kefass@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

That's a lot of Trons

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

That's bad comedy

[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Megan

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

Damnit Meg

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