someguy3 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).message-squaremessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1545arrow-down129
arrow-up1516arrow-down1message-squareA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).someguy3 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-squaresomeguy3OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 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.