someguy3@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).message-squaremessage-square154linkfedilinkarrow-up1520arrow-down123
arrow-up1497arrow-down1message-squareA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).someguy3@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square154linkfedilink
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoThey mimicked existing terms, otherwise we wouldn’t have ever had the term metric tonne. It would have been called a megagram.
They mimicked existing terms, otherwise we wouldn’t have ever had the term metric tonne. It would have been called a megagram.