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by imaginenore 3714 days ago
Unambiguous? As in megabyte?
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CydeWeys 3714 days ago
Yes, it is unambiguous. No one uses binary prefix notation for mass.
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imaginenore 3714 days ago
No one uses "mega" for grams either.
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khedoros 3714 days ago
Why not? It shows the relationship between itself and other metric units better than "tonne" does. It would start sounding natural if people started using it.
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imaginenore 3714 days ago
Because "mega" is ambiguous. It can mean different things.
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khedoros 3711 days ago
Can it? How so? As a unit prefix, I only know it to mean "a multiple of 10^6"
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