Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 months agomHz is superiorsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1303arrow-down119
arrow-up1284arrow-down1imagemHz is superiorsh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoStanding alone ‘m’ is metre. With a decimal modifier ahead of it, ‘m’ is metre Immediately before a symbol it is milli (one thousandth) mm - the first m is before the metre symbol, it is the milli multiplier, the second m is after a multiplier, so it is the symbol for metre mHz - the m is before the symbol Hz (for Hertz) so it is the milli multiplier km - the m is after the K (kilo, thousand times) multiplier, so it is metre You probably spell metre ‘meter’, but a meter is a whole different word in English
Standing alone ‘m’ is metre.
With a decimal modifier ahead of it, ‘m’ is metre
Immediately before a symbol it is milli (one thousandth)
mm - the first m is before the metre symbol, it is the milli multiplier, the second m is after a multiplier, so it is the symbol for metre
mHz - the m is before the symbol Hz (for Hertz) so it is the milli multiplier
km - the m is after the K (kilo, thousand times) multiplier, so it is metre
You probably spell metre ‘meter’, but a meter is a whole different word in English