 Greek, and deoi, centi, mili, from the Latin, are used in preference to our plain English, 10, 100, etc., it is best to employ capital letters for the multiples and small letters for the subdivisions, to avoid ambiguities in abbreviations: 1 dekametre...  The Business Man's Encyclopedia: A Hip-pocket Business Counsellor ... - Page 2761905Full view - About this book
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...hrrtn. kiln, . . . , . ., .,, from the Latin, are used in preference to our plain Kngli^h. lu. 1UU. etc. . it is best to employ capital letters for the multiples and small letters for UK» subdivisions, to avoid ambiguities 111 abbreviations: 1 dekametreor 10 met ген » 1 dm. ; 1... | |
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