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Subject: Re: Error of % + digits?
From: Commander Kinsey
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From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp (Commander Kinsey)
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Subject: Re: Error of % + digits?
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:38:00 +0100
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On Sun, 12 Jul 2020 19:01:01 +0100, Pimpom <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

> On 7/12/2020 11:15 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 05:23:31 +0100, Cydrome Leader <presence@mungepanix.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In sci.electronics.equipment Pimpom <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>>>> My mechanical slide caliper has a resolution of 0.001 inch. This
>>>> means that it can display measurements with a precision of 1 mil,
>>>
>>> What if your caliper had a resolution of 1 mil +/- 3 counts on the last
>>> digit?
> .....<snip>........
>>
>> In America, what is a "mill"? In the UK, it used to mean a thousandth of an inch, but people use it to mean a millimetre nowadays.
>>
>
> It's not a mill. It's mil - single l. It means, and has always
> meant, a thousandth of an inch. It's not an Americanism.

I only expect such ambiguity from Australians. They say "6 Ks" to mean 6 km. I say the complete words. Kilometre, millimetre, millilitre, etc.

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Re: Error of % + digits?	Commander Kinsey

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