From phma@oltronics.net Thu Aug 16 18:34:16 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_1); 17 Aug 2001 01:34:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 23899 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2001 01:34:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 17 Aug 2001 01:34:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO neofelis.ixazon.lan) (216.189.29.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 17 Aug 2001 01:34:09 -0000 Received: by neofelis.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 500) id 5F37D3C547; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 21:33:29 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Reply-To: phma@oltronics.net To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: junta [was: Re: [lojban] selma'o considered harmful Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 21:33:27 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01081621332704.05304@neofelis> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com From: Pierre Abbat On Thursday 16 August 2001 21:19, Jorge Llambias wrote: > Yes. I think of gradu as the missing link in the multiplier series: > > ... > megdo - x1 is 10**6 of x2 in dimension x3 > kilto - x1 is 10**3 of x2 in dimension x3 > xecto - x1 is 10**2 of x2 in dimension x3 > dekto - x1 is 10**1 of x2 in dimension x3 > gradu - x1 is 10**0 of x2 in dimension x3 > decti - x1 is 10**-1 of x2 in dimension x3 > centi - x1 is 10**-2 of x2 in dimension x3 > milti - x1 is 10**-3 of x2 in dimension x3 > mikri - x1 is 10**-6 of x2 in dimension x3 > ... Another use for {gradu} is to speak of units in the abstract, as in "the dollar is strong" or "the franc rose against the yen" or "the meter is now defined in terms of a light wave". phma