Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 months agomHz is superiorsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1299arrow-down117
arrow-up1282arrow-down1imagemHz is superiorsh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareඞmirlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·10 months agoNo, that absolutely does not resolve the confusion between meter (m) and milli (m)
minus-squareTeckFire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-210 months agoI feel like a dumbass I totally read your comment as “Megahertz or Millihertz” Now I realize it should just be Meters•Herts or m•Hz
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months agoStanding alone ‘m’ is metre. With a decimal modifier ahead of it, ‘m’ is metre Immediately before a symbol it is milli (one thousandth) mm - the first m is before the metre symbol, it is the milli multiplier, the second m is after a multiplier, so it is the symbol for metre mHz - the m is before the symbol Hz (for Hertz) so it is the milli multiplier km - the m is after the K (kilo, thousand times) multiplier, so it is metre You probably spell metre ‘meter’, but a meter is a whole different word in English
minus-squareunlucky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoBy convention, compound SI units (e.g. N•m) are separated by a space or multiplication dot and are not just smashed together. The lack of such a separator in the above example implies the “milli” prefix.
No, that absolutely does not resolve the confusion between meter (m) and milli (m)
I feel like a dumbass
I totally read your comment as “Megahertz or Millihertz”
Now I realize it should just be Meters•Herts or m•Hz
Standing alone ‘m’ is metre.
With a decimal modifier ahead of it, ‘m’ is metre
Immediately before a symbol it is milli (one thousandth)
mm - the first m is before the metre symbol, it is the milli multiplier, the second m is after a multiplier, so it is the symbol for metre
mHz - the m is before the symbol Hz (for Hertz) so it is the milli multiplier
km - the m is after the K (kilo, thousand times) multiplier, so it is metre
You probably spell metre ‘meter’, but a meter is a whole different word in English
By convention, compound SI units (e.g. N•m) are separated by a space or multiplication dot and are not just smashed together. The lack of such a separator in the above example implies the “milli” prefix.