How does the thing for metric system, "King Hector Drinks Units of Delicious Milk" work? What does it stand for?
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Kilometre,Hectometre,Decametre,Decimetre and Meter I think that's how it goes this saying that you have also has other ones the same but a little different words.
King Hector's Daffy Mother Drinks Chocolate Milk
The order of prefixes in the metric system, for every power of ten from 3 to -3, is Kilometer, Hectometer, Decameter, Meter, Decimeter, Centimeter, Millimeter:
I hardly ever hear anyone use hectometer or decameter though and more important would be micrometer and nanometer in this day and age.
The order of prefixes in the metric system, for every power of ten from 3 to -3, is Kilometer, Hectometer, Decameter, Meter, Decimeter, Centimeter, Millimeter:
I hardly ever hear anyone use hectometer or decameter though and more important would be micrometer and nanometer in this day and age.