someguy3 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).message-squaremessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1544arrow-down129
arrow-up1515arrow-down1message-squareA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).someguy3 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-squaregrozzle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoit’s from the Latin “libra”, for balance, like a set of scales. the £ symbol for pounds as in money is a stylised L for the same reason! etymology lesson over, imperial/customary gtfo resumes. metric ftw.
it’s from the Latin “libra”, for balance, like a set of scales. the £ symbol for pounds as in money is a stylised L for the same reason!
etymology lesson over, imperial/customary gtfo resumes. metric ftw.