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Titusfied
2004-06-08, 11:02 PM
It was weird. I was doing research on some technical paper that was written in 1975, and he kept writing, milli-micrometers. I was confused at first, then I realized the date.

Still, interesting nonetheless. Aye?

!King_Amazon!
2004-06-08, 11:36 PM
What the hell are you talking about?

Slim
2004-06-08, 11:38 PM
Nanometers, a nanometer is the unit of measurement just under micrometers. a micrometer is one millionth of a meter whereas a nanometer is one billionth. I believe thats the correct measurements anyway.

Titusfied
2004-06-09, 06:32 AM
Right.

The prefix nano = 1*10^-9
The prefix micro = 1*10^-6
The prefix milli = 1*10^-3

So, before there was nanotechnology, or in other words basically, technology that included the nano prefix, a nanometer (1*10^-9 meters), was called a milli-micrometer (1*10^-3*(1*10^-6)=1*10^-9).

:D :D :D :D