| ▲ | none_to_remain 2 days ago |
| Of course! I was being silly and just thinking of "k" for the smaller one and "K" for the bigger one. |
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| ▲ | EuanReid 2 days ago | parent [-] |
| Upper-K is for Kelvin, so can't be mixed in as a prefix in case someone decides to commit physics crimes and talk about temperature-mass (Kkg). |
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| ▲ | nayuki 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Not true. Several SI prefixes already overlap with units. m is both metre and milli-. T is tesla and tera-. c is a prefix of candela (cd) but also centi-. (G is gauss (cgs unit, not mks/SI) and giga-.) | |
| ▲ | adiabatichottub 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Just throw some Joules on top there and it'll be alright |
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