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To: Red Badger

200-millionths of a meter = 200-thousandths of a millimeter = 0.2 millimeter.

Why not just say 0.2 millimeter?


5 posted on 08/05/2021 12:40:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

200-millionths sounds soo much more techy-talky.........................


6 posted on 08/05/2021 12:42:51 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why not just say 0.2 millimeter?


Why not 200 micrometers?


7 posted on 08/05/2021 12:43:17 PM PDT by TTFX ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I would not think that 150 atoms of anything could come to 0.2mm no matter how they are arranged. A hairs width is less than 0.2mm.


18 posted on 08/05/2021 1:03:09 PM PDT by beef (The Chinese have a little secret—diversity is _not_ a strength.)
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