superkret@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-225 days agoMakes more sense than the Imperial systemfeddit.orgexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1625arrow-down117
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minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-225 days 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-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agowhere’s the prefix in “ton”/“tonne”?
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·25 days agoSure, but the joke is skele-ton
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.
where’s the prefix in “ton”/“tonne”?
Sure, but the joke is skele-ton