someguy3@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).someguy3@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarehypertext@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agountil you realize, that “second” is also not the base unit. it’s not at obvious because it isn’t metric, but second is just the second subdivision of an hour (the first being the minute)
until you realize, that “second” is also not the base unit. it’s not at obvious because it isn’t metric, but second is just the second subdivision of an hour (the first being the minute)