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Old 8th Sep 2008, 16:51
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Flash2001
 
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Hecto, deka etc. were moribund until aviation and meteorology revived them (or at least hecto). Good scientific practice is to use the prefix in steps of 3 orders of magnitude; pascals, kilopascals, megapascals and so on.

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