[SOC] Unusual Units Conversion

Mike Besemer (WM4B) mwbesemer at cox.net
Sat Oct 22 15:37:13 EDT 2005


Unusual Units Conversions     

•       10^12 microphones = 1 megaphone 
•       10^6 bicycles = 2 megacycles 
•       500 millinaries = 1 seminary 
•       2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds 
•       10 cards = 1 decacards 
•       1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn 
•       10^-6 fish = 1 microfiche 
•       454 graham crackers = 1 pound cake 
•       10^12 pins = 1 terrapin 
•       10^21 picolos = 109 los = 1 gigolo 
•       10 rations = 1 decoration 
•       100 rations = 1 C-ration 
•       10 millipedes = 1 centipede 
•       3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent 
•       10 monologs = 5 dialogues 
•       5 dialogues = 1 decalogue 
•       2 monograms = 1 diagram 
•       8 nickels = 2 paradigms 
•       2 snake eyes = 1 paradise 
•       2 wharves = 1 paradox 
•       10^¯6 phones = 1 microphone 
•       10^6 phones = 1 megaphone 
•       10^¯2 mental = 1 centimental 
•       10^¯1 mate = 1 decimate 
•       10^12 bulls = 1 terabull 
•       10^¯12 boos = 1 picoboo 
•       10^¯15 bismol = 1 femtobismol 
       


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