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From: stein@hope.UUCP (Bruce Stein)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: scientific prefixes
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Date: Sun, 16-Mar-86 17:11:37 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 16 17:11:37 1986
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Scientists with a playful streak have developed some tongue-in-cheek
applications of certain scientific prefixes, such as "demi-" (one-half);
"di-" (two); "deca-" (ten); "kilo-" (1,000); "giga-" (one billion);
"micro-" (one-millionth); and "pico-" (one-trillionth).  The following
contributions to the world of wacky scientific terminology appeared in
John Hopkins Magazine:

One-half a Soviet press agency = 1 demitasse
Ten cards = 1 decacards
Two thousand mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds
One one-trillionth dillies = 1 picodilly
One billion antics = 1 gigantic
One one-millionth fish = 1 microfiche
One one-trillionth of a suprise - 1 picaboo

Can anybody come up with any others?  Bruce Stein on the Line