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Upper and lower case are different! 1 Mm is significantly different from 1 mm;
More information on metric units of measurement and conversions is available from the National Institue of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Some pronounce it "Jiga" (soft "g"), while others
prounounce it "Gig-uh" (with a hard "g"). Either is correct.
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µ is the greek letter "mu". If you don't have this symbol available you
can sort-of get by using the Roman "u" instead, but keep in mind that
"mu" is the greek letter for "m".
The following are not a part of the International System
of Units (SI), but they may be amusing.
:-)
(Note: 10^12 means 10 raised to the 12th power, and so on)
10^12 Microphones = 1 Megaphone
10^6 bicycles = 2 megacycles
500 millenaries = 1 seminary
2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds
10 cards = 1 decacards
1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn
10^-6 fish = 1 microfiche
453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
10^12 pins = 1 terrapin
10^21 piccolos = 1 gigolo
10 rations = 1 decoration
100 rations = 1 C-ration
10 millipedes = 1 centipede
3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent
10 monologs = 5 dialogues
5 dialogues = 1 decalogue
2 monograms = 1 diagram
8 nickles = 2 paradigms
2 snake eyes = 1 paradise
2 wharves = 1 paradox
1 milliHelen = the amount of beauty required to
launch a single ship