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Replace decagram example with centiliter
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dpilafian committed Jul 6, 2024
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Since a "mil" can be either a millimeter or a milliliter, the meaning needs to be
determined from context.&nbsp;
A better word for millimeter would be "mim", but that ship has already sailed.&nbsp;
No one is ever going to say that a GLOCK 19 (G19 9&times;19mm) is a
No one is ever going to say that a GLOCK 19 (G19&nbsp;9&times;19mm) is a
9&nbsp;mim.&nbsp;
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Never use the lesser known in-between unit terms, like hectometer, centiliter, or
decagram, as they are useless.&nbsp;
There's no reason to be poetic about it &mdash; only a moron would say "3 decagrams"
instead of "30 grams".&nbsp;
It's best to never use the lesser known in-between unit terms, like
hectometer, centiliter, or decagram, for the same reason you don't use archaic
words that fell out of use a century ago.&nbsp;
For example, it would be unnatural to say "3&nbsp;centiliters" instead of
"30&nbsp;cc" or "30&nbsp;ml".&nbsp;
Note that some unit terms that are generally obscure may in fact be commonly used in
specific geographic regions, such as Germans saying "deka" to mean
10&nbsp;g.&nbsp;
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Avoid the Latin gibberish of the extreme prefixes except in scientific
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