• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    28 days ago

    So you’re saying Alien is a measure of length and Alien³ is a measure of volume?

    Americans will do anything but use the metric system.

    • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
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      28 days ago

      Basically any unit can be squared, cubed or whatever, but the resulting unit doesn’t always make sense in the physical world.

      For example, m/s^2 isn’t velocity. It’s acceleration. If you have a formula that gives you an answer in kg^3, you probably made a mistake somewhere.