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Same as "mils" for thousands of an inch. It's actually wildly popular in the US.
by swamp40 4y ago
Same as "mils" for thousands of an inch. It's actually wildly popular in the US.
- nayuki 4y agoMils are a terrible compromise. On the one hand, they acknowledge that dividing by 1000 is useful and that it's easier to work on a linear scale instead of mixed units and fractions. On the other hand, it stubbornly clings onto the inch instead of embracing the millimetre or micrometre. As a side note, I heard of carpenters who work in decimal feet. Yeah, that's great, adding yet another option to the mix. Everyone else talks in feet and inches.