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From: stevet@ihuxl.UUCP (Turpin)
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Subject: Re: scientific prefixes
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Date: Fri, 28-Mar-86 19:00:46 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 28 19:00:46 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

Two bulls = Pair a bull
10-E15 bismol = fepto bismol