someguy3@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down18
arrow-up1169arrow-down1message-squareA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).someguy3@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.