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If I see "4Mg" in print, it's more likely that someone erroneously capitalized the 'm' in "4 milligrams", rather than sincerely using "megagram" as a unit. It'
by function_seven 4y ago
If I see "4Mg" in print, it's more likely that someone erroneously capitalized the 'm' in "4 milligrams", rather than sincerely using "megagram" as a unit.
It's just not done. Maybe that's weird, or inconsistent, or whatever. But it is that way.
- Gigachad 4y agoThere is the option of just writing it out “4 megagrams”
- function_seven 4y agoI guess, but that's longer than “4,000kg” and unusual to boot. Anyone reading it is going to convert it in their head to 4,000kg anyway. Four million grams is not something relatable. Hard to picture the weight of millions slips of paper vs. a few thousand large water bottles. Or roughly two sedans. The megagram is on the same list as the dekaliter and the hectowatt. They don't exist :)
- thrown_22 4y agoDuring my undergrad we had a physics professor who would only use si units. 3,000 km became 3 megameters. A billion dollars were a gigadollar. To this day I don't know how I feel about it.