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From: lowe@gondor.UUCP (Tom Lowe)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: scientific prefixes
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Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 13:23:57 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 18 13:23:57 1986
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In article <153@hope.UUCP> stein@hope.UUCP (Bruce Stein) writes:
>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);
[...]
>One one-trillionth of a suprise - 1 picaboo
>
>Can anybody come up with any others?  Bruce Stein on the Line

Billions and Billions = 1 Sagan
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