Clever and catchy way to learn and retain the sub-multiple prefixes of the SI. How about something for multiples?
Stan Doore ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 7:03 PM Subject: [USMA:28717] Re: SI prefix mnemonic Fennel? Gets the 'e' in there, anyway. Jim On Sunday 2004 February 15 16:46, Pat Naughtin wrote: > Dear Bill and All, .... > Prefixes less than 1 (sub-multiples) > millie, mike's nana, pickled fish at zepto's yacht(o) > milli micro nano pica femto atto zepto yocto > m � n p f a z y > 10^-3 10^-6 10^-9 10^-12 10^-15 10^-18 10^-21 10^-24 > Note: I considered fems instead of fish, but I couldn't bear its sound or > its political incorrectness. .... -- James R. Frysinger Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist Senior Member, IEEE http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer Dept. of Physics and Astronomy University/College of Charleston 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 843.953.7644 (phone) 843.953.4824 (FAX) Home: 10 Captiva Row Charleston, SC 29407 843.225.0805
