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From: STERNLIGHT@USC-ECL.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Another micro
Message-ID: <16933@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 19:00:00 EST
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16933
Posted: Fri Feb 24 19:00:00 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 13:17:42 EST
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Here is a micro, also pico, femto, etc. (sorry):
10**18 minations = 1 examination
10**15 coats = 1 petacoat
10**12 bulls = 1 terabull
10**9 lows = 1 gigalow
2*10**3 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbird
10 cards = 1 decacard
10**-1 mate = 1 decimate
10**-2 mentals = centimental
10**-2 pedes = 1 centipede
10**-3 ink machines = 1 millink machine
10**-6 scopes = 1 microscope
10**-9 goats = 1 nanogoat
10**-9 nanette = 1 nanonanette
10**-12 boos = 1 picoboo
10**-15 fatales = 1 femtofatale
10**-18 boys = 1 attoboy
--david--
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