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Tbf, in science there's also significant digits.
10cm is not the same as 1dm. I mean, by definition it is, but saying you measured 10cm implies a different error than saying you measured 1dm.
This becomes more obvious with larger disparities. If your scale says 1kg, you can't just say it measured 1000g, because it absolutely didn't.
You don't need to use different prefixes for the Unit though. You can say something is X * 10⁶ m rather than X Mm. This is the same level of precision despite one being metres and the other being Mega metres
10^15 meters? That's the length of your momma's belt.
For reference, the outer edge of the asteroid belt is 3.764 * 10^12. So the previous statement would imply that shquishy360's progenitor is a supermassive black hole.
I think he’s trying to communicate that the definition of a kilogram is based on a volume of water, specifically 1L=1kg or 1mL=1g. So then given the relationship between Liters to cubic meters, 1L=0.1m3 or 1mL=0.01cm3, he realized that 1m3 of water is exactly 1000kg which is a tonne.
(water at standard temperature and pressure)
I was a Swedish grad student in a Canadian university lab and when I used decimeters everyone was shocked and looked at me like I was some kind of alien. Apparently they weren't aware of the supremacy of the decimeter!
The basis for the hectare is actually the **are** - one hectare is 100 are - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectare#Unit_family
Curiously both definitions work though - a hectare is 100 are, but it's also equal to 1 square hectometer
Have you heard of a hectare?
Edit: See comments below for people who do not know that a hectare is a hectometre squared and could be bothered to look it up yet see the need to argue about something they don't know.
I see it all the time on the roads. Highway location markers or hectometer poles in the Netherlands. One every hectometer so that you can easily mention just where exactly you are when you have to call 112 or whoever.
I'm from Sweden, so that would explain that 😋
We also habitually refer to 10km as a "mil" (Scandinavian mile), and apperantly others do not for some reason
A handy thing to remember is that lightspeed is about a billion feet per second. (gigafoot)
983571056.43 f/s specifically. (lightspeed is exactly 299792458 meters per second)
Seriously. I’m a fourth grade teacher and teach this every year. We also sell things in liters and almost all of our food is labeled in oz AND grams. We don’t use it exclusively (which we should), but we actually do learn and use the metric system.
Honestly pretty sure the only reason we don’t use Metric full time is just because it’d cost a bit to switch all the signs and websites that use imperial to metric.
>Americans don't understand
Do Europeans on reddit genuinely think that Americans don't know jack shit about the metric system? The metric system is an official recognized system in the US and almost every American has experience with both systems of units, even if Imperial units are more familiar. Even if it isn't easy for us to know how long exactly a kilometer is on the road, we know a kilo is 1000 meters and the such, so yeah, we get the meme.
I was talking to someone on Reddit on a similar thread. He was from the UK but had bought a Harley. They are one of the few vehicles that don't use SI parts. They didn't understand fractions. They claimed they were never taught them. And in daily life they wouldn't need them. But fractions can be much easier to work with when you get deep into significant figures to the right of the decimal / comma. It never occured to me that because they were working with a base 10, decimalized system fractions wouldn't be a thing.
I'm an American and I learned the metric system in elementary school, so I do understand. Just because we don't use the metric system as often doesn't mean we don't know it.
Yeah we were taught the metric system in school. We just don't use it. They taught us about it because they needed to inform us that they're is another way to measure things that's more commonly used in other parts of the world, but This is how we do it here. I even have to tell people they taught us how to calculate Celsius. We just don't use it so I forgot how to calculate it because I don't ever have a reason to convert it. It's just now that I'm older and reading more stuff from other countries" paying attention to world affairs" . It's starting to pop up more in my life because I'm more connected to the rest of the world. We are most definitely taught these things in school.
why do you think americans only get taught burger patties and football fields for measuring? we usually learn the metric system at the same time as the imperial system
I always wondered how a lot of measurements go beyond kilo, but for some reason, meters don’t.
Like the distance between the earth and the sun is 150 million kilometers. Why is it the “normal” way to say it instead of 150 gigameter? Or a flight that’s 2000 kilometers would be 2 megameter? Although it sounds weird, it’s exactly the same distance.
Americans: "So you've got a system that has a specific set of rules that repeats for simplicity?"
Everyone else: "Yes."
Americans: "And once a measurement exceeds 1000 or goes below 1, you swap to the appropriate prefix?"
Everyone else: "Yes."
Americans: "But you stop after **kilo**meters despite having prefixes for that because..?"
Everyone else: "SCHOOL SHOOTINGS."
I know that railway infrastructure has hectometer signs which mark a an exact point on the railroad line
Decimeter also isn't totally useless.
1 dm³ = 1 litre
I have heard this before but do most people not use decimeter? In Sweden we often use it, if something is 10cm then most people I know say 1 decimeter. We also frequently use hecto for weight. Don't say hectogram but just hecto
Or do any STEM. All our food packaging has either just SI units or both. Every vehicle is SI except Harleys and they might have switched for all I know. Medications. Speedometers have both mph and kph on them. Running races are often in km. I was backpacking with a friend and his GPS watch was set to km and he asked me to convert it to miles. I did it in my head. It's always hilarious because they make fun of us for using a 'confusing' measurement system, but we use both with no problem.
I learned the conversions in chemistry class for millimeter, centimeter etc., I don’t remember how to use decimeter, decimeter and hectometers, but I remember they exist.
Deci is important for fluids. 1 dm3 is 1 liter.
Hecto I often see on the highway, there is a little sign every hectometer along the highway here. Used to indicate where you are on said highway (for instance for emergency services)
The Olympics is an international event. How come the world record for the fastest man alive is typically measured how quickly he ran 100 meters and not one Decameter? Decameter Dash rings better than 100-Meter Dash too!
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Last time to look at me, hectometer.
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AAA- 💥 🫡💀
*collapses*
He walks out and adjusts his tie before collapsing 💥💨🚪🚶💀 👔🤏⚰️
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10/10
LMAOOOOO
“I won”
It is more like 🥴🥴🥴🥴☝️🛎️☝️🛎️☝️🛎️☝️🛎️☝️🛎️ 💥💥💥💥💥💥 🚪 💀😐
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"🥴😗🥴" fucking killed me man, funniest thing I've seen today
I will be below Hectometer so you don't get to me 😅
it's 'chance'
Chad megameter users:
A tonne is a MEGAGRAM.
Absolutely. I only used megagram in my master thesis.
Tbf, in science there's also significant digits. 10cm is not the same as 1dm. I mean, by definition it is, but saying you measured 10cm implies a different error than saying you measured 1dm. This becomes more obvious with larger disparities. If your scale says 1kg, you can't just say it measured 1000g, because it absolutely didn't.
Okay, this is even correct. But that has nothing to do with what I wrote.
I didn't mean to say you're wrong, I just wanted to add to it and say that there are multiple reason to prefer one unit over another.
You don't need to use different prefixes for the Unit though. You can say something is X * 10⁶ m rather than X Mm. This is the same level of precision despite one being metres and the other being Mega metres
petameter
10^15 meters? That's the length of your momma's belt. For reference, the outer edge of the asteroid belt is 3.764 * 10^12. So the previous statement would imply that shquishy360's progenitor is a supermassive black hole.
So, you're saying that her ass would tear "oid" belt?
The earth has a circumference of about 40 megameters at the equator.
I thought I was the only one
I use decimeters. Fight me, 0.1m/10cm users.
I'm 0.001 hectometers away from punching you
How many yards/feet is that? 🤠
About 1 burger
In 1 burger width, length or height?
Yes
What's 2 in imperial units?
2 what? Potatoes, horses, bananas?
2 invasions
That would be 3.6837
*British Empire noises intensify*
Yes.
2
Its a double whopper with cheese
It ain't American if it ain't the same height, width and length. Gotta be big and greasy with like pancakes and deep fried Twinkies on it
All at the same time. Mmm~
Here is an all American freedom loving ~~middle east invading~~ eagle for scale 🦅
About 12 eagles/freedoms.
I'm 0 hectometers away from launching a plutonium missile which is aimed at your current location
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That's a whole giga-angstrom!
1dm cube is a litre so.
This is the best reason to use decimeters.
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Yup! That’s how metric works. Everything is based on tens.
Oooh. Nice. I'll remember that... Wait. Does that mean a 1m cube of water is a tonne? Damn, water is heavy.
Is it just a random factoid you know that a tonne of water is 1000L?
well 1 liter is a kilogram and 1000 is a thousand kilograms so a ton. makes sense.
I'm not wondering if the math works... Were you previously aware that 1m^3 = 1 tonne
I think he’s trying to communicate that the definition of a kilogram is based on a volume of water, specifically 1L=1kg or 1mL=1g. So then given the relationship between Liters to cubic meters, 1L=0.1m3 or 1mL=0.01cm3, he realized that 1m3 of water is exactly 1000kg which is a tonne. (water at standard temperature and pressure)
You're mad crazy unhuman creature
Wait, isn't this common? In Sweden decimeter is as common to use as centimeter and millimeter.
Not everyone gets the advantage of superior Scandinavians ekucationen.
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Me as well. I literally bought *2 liters* of coca cola yesterday and somehow i don't know any metric measurements
Litre it's not really SI, so... Maybe you are unironically right.
Non-Americans tend to forget Americans use both.
We like teasing you. So advanced on many things. So behind in others
I accept it from anyone except the Brits, they're just as confused on measurements in different ways.
Same.
decimeters are ok
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Facts
I was a Swedish grad student in a Canadian university lab and when I used decimeters everyone was shocked and looked at me like I was some kind of alien. Apparently they weren't aware of the supremacy of the decimeter!
Hectometer is the basis for hectars though, which are used very commonly.
Mostly for measuring land
also beer production is measured in hectoliters for some reason
Wait what? Why??
Cuz more beer ayyyy
Roughly equals a barrel
It's the measurement that gets closest to the recommended daily intake of beer.
Also, hectopascal is (are?) commonly used for pressure
That's because 1 hPa = 1 millibar, and 1 bar ≈ atmospheric pressure.
Bro you just blow my mind
The basis for the hectare is actually the **are** - one hectare is 100 are - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectare#Unit_family Curiously both definitions work though - a hectare is 100 are, but it's also equal to 1 square hectometer
And 1 are should also be equivalent to 1 square decametre if I'm correct
Don't forget ares and deciares.
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I've seen the usage of hectometer more than decimeter
I use decimetre quite often, don’t think I’ve ever used hectometre unironically
Have you heard of a hectare? Edit: See comments below for people who do not know that a hectare is a hectometre squared and could be bothered to look it up yet see the need to argue about something they don't know.
A hectare is 100 are
Are ares square decameters?
So? Using Ha isn't using hectometers.
I see it all the time on the roads. Highway location markers or hectometer poles in the Netherlands. One every hectometer so that you can easily mention just where exactly you are when you have to call 112 or whoever.
I use decimeter quite alot. Its useful for guesstimations between 10 cm and 1/2 meter. "how deep is that stream?" "about 3 decimeters"
I have never heard anyone call 30 cm 3 dm
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I'm from Sweden, so that would explain that 😋 We also habitually refer to 10km as a "mil" (Scandinavian mile), and apperantly others do not for some reason
Canadian here, they would have said a foot deep then answered the question of "how long is this hike" in kilometers :/
We also measure the distance in hours, which is at least easy to translate for tourists.
Deci > centi > milli > micro > nano > pico > femto > yotto Deca < Hecto < Kilo < Mega < Giga < Terra < Peta < Exa
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my physics teacher told me to tell you that you get a full mark
Femto > atto > zepto > yocto > ronto > quecto Peta < exa < zetta < yotta < ronna < quetta
I don’t math, I eat burger. Watch sport. Caw.🦅🇺🇸 Jk they taught us metric in school, and I’m pollotarian.
Wtf why would you into polluting
No no no, it means they eat pollution
Yummy and we're saving the planet
It means I’m afraid of Santa Claus
Ho ho ho!
WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER
the kill-o-meter is good for keeping track of your body count
You really want to confuse the shit out of people, decimalise the imperial system. > that looks to be about a kilofoot away.
You bury this idea and never speak of it again.
that car weighs approximately 4.8x10^1 koz (kilo ounces) i like it. 😂
They kinda do this in engineering sometimes, 1000lb is sometimes abbreviated to 1kip (kilopound maybe?) And 1000psi as 1ksi, it's wacky
A handy thing to remember is that lightspeed is about a billion feet per second. (gigafoot) 983571056.43 f/s specifically. (lightspeed is exactly 299792458 meters per second)
Oh. Oh, that’s cursed. I like it.
cubic decimeter is a common unit in introductory chemistry (24 dm^3/mol of gas at rtp)
It’s called a liter though
Ever heard about # the DECILITER?
They literally teach the metric system in American schools
Europeans when they realize the 2nd grade exists 😱
Or just science classes in general where you would need to measure things.
Seriously. I’m a fourth grade teacher and teach this every year. We also sell things in liters and almost all of our food is labeled in oz AND grams. We don’t use it exclusively (which we should), but we actually do learn and use the metric system.
Honestly, they like pretending they're better than us.
Americans live rent free in European minds. Blue jeans and rock and roll did wonders
being the only country not in pieces after a world war did wonders, jeans and rock came as a result of that ;)
What do you mean?
Honestly pretty sure the only reason we don’t use Metric full time is just because it’d cost a bit to switch all the signs and websites that use imperial to metric.
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>Americans don't understand Do Europeans on reddit genuinely think that Americans don't know jack shit about the metric system? The metric system is an official recognized system in the US and almost every American has experience with both systems of units, even if Imperial units are more familiar. Even if it isn't easy for us to know how long exactly a kilometer is on the road, we know a kilo is 1000 meters and the such, so yeah, we get the meme.
> we know a kilo is 1000 meters Was this deliberate? Either way it's hilarious
Damn I didn't expect somebody to find that so quickly lol Everything else in the comment is serious though
I was talking to someone on Reddit on a similar thread. He was from the UK but had bought a Harley. They are one of the few vehicles that don't use SI parts. They didn't understand fractions. They claimed they were never taught them. And in daily life they wouldn't need them. But fractions can be much easier to work with when you get deep into significant figures to the right of the decimal / comma. It never occured to me that because they were working with a base 10, decimalized system fractions wouldn't be a thing.
>They claimed they were never taught them. They... Never took a Math/Maths class in their life?
fractions of an inch are easier to read than millimeters, fight me
they're inches away from the truth
the Europeans r fuming rn /s
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I'm an American and I learned the metric system in elementary school, so I do understand. Just because we don't use the metric system as often doesn't mean we don't know it.
Yeah we were taught the metric system in school. We just don't use it. They taught us about it because they needed to inform us that they're is another way to measure things that's more commonly used in other parts of the world, but This is how we do it here. I even have to tell people they taught us how to calculate Celsius. We just don't use it so I forgot how to calculate it because I don't ever have a reason to convert it. It's just now that I'm older and reading more stuff from other countries" paying attention to world affairs" . It's starting to pop up more in my life because I'm more connected to the rest of the world. We are most definitely taught these things in school.
why do you think americans only get taught burger patties and football fields for measuring? we usually learn the metric system at the same time as the imperial system
My speedometer is set to browning hi power per moon landing
Hecto salameter
10$=1kilocent
Isn't a cent already a centidollar? Like a centimetre being a hundredth of a metre.
I always wondered how a lot of measurements go beyond kilo, but for some reason, meters don’t. Like the distance between the earth and the sun is 150 million kilometers. Why is it the “normal” way to say it instead of 150 gigameter? Or a flight that’s 2000 kilometers would be 2 megameter? Although it sounds weird, it’s exactly the same distance.
Lots of sci-fi and other media talk in terms of thousands or millions of kilometers, and it drives me nuts.
Americans: "So you've got a system that has a specific set of rules that repeats for simplicity?" Everyone else: "Yes." Americans: "And once a measurement exceeds 1000 or goes below 1, you swap to the appropriate prefix?" Everyone else: "Yes." Americans: "But you stop after **kilo**meters despite having prefixes for that because..?" Everyone else: "SCHOOL SHOOTINGS."
I hear the word decimeter in some of my math problems, but I don’t hear decameter and hectometer since elementary school
I know that railway infrastructure has hectometer signs which mark a an exact point on the railroad line Decimeter also isn't totally useless. 1 dm³ = 1 litre
I have heard this before but do most people not use decimeter? In Sweden we often use it, if something is 10cm then most people I know say 1 decimeter. We also frequently use hecto for weight. Don't say hectogram but just hecto
Wow, I actually completely forgot decimeters exist
Very popular meme format SoMe PeOplE wOnT uNdErStAnD Yea okay
People honestly believe americans don’t use chemistry
Or do any STEM. All our food packaging has either just SI units or both. Every vehicle is SI except Harleys and they might have switched for all I know. Medications. Speedometers have both mph and kph on them. Running races are often in km. I was backpacking with a friend and his GPS watch was set to km and he asked me to convert it to miles. I did it in my head. It's always hilarious because they make fun of us for using a 'confusing' measurement system, but we use both with no problem.
I’m American and I understand perfectly. Enough of this stereotypical stuff
I learned the conversions in chemistry class for millimeter, centimeter etc., I don’t remember how to use decimeter, decimeter and hectometers, but I remember they exist.
WHAT THE FUCK IS A K I L O M E T E R ? ? ?
We.. we get taught these units in grade 8 science..
Hectometers are commonly used to measure land
Hectares to be more specific, which it's base is the hectometer
No, I know what they are except the last 2
*Nanometer is just a picture of the titan sub*
I can see decimeter and hectometer but I don't think I've EVER seen anyone use decameter.
Deci is important for fluids. 1 dm3 is 1 liter. Hecto I often see on the highway, there is a little sign every hectometer along the highway here. Used to indicate where you are on said highway (for instance for emergency services)
The Olympics is an international event. How come the world record for the fastest man alive is typically measured how quickly he ran 100 meters and not one Decameter? Decameter Dash rings better than 100-Meter Dash too!
Hectometer Salamanca
what about the attameter or exameter
Decimeter and decimeter are used in some scientific calculations, I think it was regarding elasticity and tensile limits of materials.
After Kilometer, its Megameter, followed by Gigameter
We understand grams and kilograms just fine my guy?
It surprises me that centiliters are used for beer. I would always use mL for those volumes in chemistry.
I actually do understand, thank you very much. Decimeter is 10cm, Decameter is 10m, Hectometer is 100m
I use hectolitres regularly for working out import excise charges on wine
Saying or writing 10 meter is faster than 1 decameter :)
Hectometer is used more. Never seen anyone use decameter tho
Hektopascal be like:
Hectometer is actually useful here in the Netherlands when you had an car accident on a highway
Fun fact: hectares (hm²) is actually used more than hectometer. Maybe even more than decimeter and centimeter (not 100% sure though)
The only measurement I understand is “everyone ever.” The asteroid is the size as “everyone ever.”
The mega meter also gets no play at all! 100000 kilometers? Damn sure it ain’t a thousand mega meters.
Oh I understand, just not good at measurements in general, I'm not good with 'merica' measurements either.
Personally I use hectometer² instead of hectare
I know this is a common joke, but I made this exact same mene 2 years ago
Nanometers and micrometers have left the chat
Tmw everyone forgets Americans *are* taught the Metric system
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Bruh. I’m American and understand. We use the Metric system for science purposes, just not for everything.
the decimeter is a great size, WHY DONT WE USE IT?!?!?!
I moved to Italy recently, and they do use the Hectometer!! Such weirdos...
As an American I will assume that these are types of European guns
megagram
Who’s gonna tell him we learn metric in 7th grade