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why don't people say mega meters (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by joel_feila@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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How come people say 5,000 km and not 5 Mm?
why not just say millions of meters or Mega meters?

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[–] person@lemm.ee 62 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And yet we say megatons.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 35 points 2 years ago (3 children)

But only in regards of nuclear bombs. Maybe it's because of the scientific origins of these fields. Probably the same reasons why Americans measure firearm munition in mm.

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[–] ninja@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Firearm's ammunition is a mixed bag because many military sizes are standardized with the rest of NATO. 5.56, 7.62, and 9 mm sure; but then you get a bunch measured in caliber .308, .45, .50.

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[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

And 7.62 is just .30 caliber rebranded

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[–] RandomStickman@kbin.run 2 points 2 years ago

Now get ready for the 7mm-08

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[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago

and the old gauge system for shotguns.

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[–] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 0 points 2 years ago

I've only recently gotten my foid card and am learning to shoot and that shit confuses me so much.

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[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

But only in regards of nuclear bombs.

And your mom (⁠⌐⁠■⁠-⁠■⁠)

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[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago

we do list volcanic eruptions in megatons of TNT. The makers of the first a bomb pick it since the largest explosion ever made by then was a ship full explosives and some had calculated how many tons of TNT that ship was carrying

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[–] anguo@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago

Instead of teragrams.

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