Subject: Re: junta [was: Re: [lojban] selma'o considered harmful

From: Pierre Abbat <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 21:33:27 -0400

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