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my understanding is the long scale has largely died out think it is more than permissible to use what is scientifically standard (trillion = 10^12)
by whimsicalism 2y ago
my understanding is the long scale has largely died out
think it is more than permissible to use what is scientifically standard (trillion = 10^12)
- tzot 2y ago“Scientifically standard” are the SI prefixes. So, given the ambiguity of what 1 gigastar is (1/1000th of 1 terastar or a really huge star?) one should say “10¹²s of stars” maybe.
- whimsicalism 2y agoYes, the SI prefixes are one example of something that is scientifically standard. The short scale is another.
- Tor3 2y agoDied out in English. Not in other languages where long scale was and is used, that hasn't changed at all. I'm not aware of any other language shifting from long scale to short scale (for languages traditionally using long scale).
- whimsicalism 2y agothink it is also dying out among many other languages like portuguese