When the Euro was being designed, thought should have gone into using the metric prefixes in denoting large and small amounts. This would have made the Euro more universal. Sine the metric prefix symbols transsend all languages, every one would understand common symbols.
Any comments?
For example:
Unit name: Symbol: meaning:
Euro €
millieuro m€ 0.001 €
centieuro c€ 0.01 €
decieuro d€ 0.1 €
dekaeuro da€ 10 €
hectoeuro h€ 100 €
kiloeuro k€ 1000 €
megaeuro M€ 1 000 000 €
gigaeuro G€ 1 000 000 000 €
teraeuro T€ 1 000 000 000 000 €
petaeuro P€ 1 000 000 000 000 000 €
exaeuro E€ 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 €
zettaeuro Z€ 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 €
yotta Y€ 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 €
metric prefixes for expressing multiples of euro
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Phaedrus42
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Hmm I don't really get it. Aren't the numerals we use even more international? Besides, if you use your notation it can get quite akward.
Like: "that's 1K€ , 4h€, 2da€ , 4€ 9d€ and 5c€". Or something like that.
Like: "that's 1K€ , 4h€, 2da€ , 4€ 9d€ and 5c€". Or something like that.
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john S
metric prefixes
Wrong! That's not how it works.
You don't say something is 23 km, 5 hm, 2 dam and 4 m distant when you mean 23.524 (or 23,524) km. The rules of SI forbid it.
The same would be true with the Euro. What you wrote would be properly written as: 1.42495 k€.
And as for for the term "cent", that is fine in speech, just as kilogram is often called "kilo", but it should always be written as centieuro (c€). Eg. I have a 20 c€ coin in my hand.
You don't say something is 23 km, 5 hm, 2 dam and 4 m distant when you mean 23.524 (or 23,524) km. The rules of SI forbid it.
The same would be true with the Euro. What you wrote would be properly written as: 1.42495 k€.
And as for for the term "cent", that is fine in speech, just as kilogram is often called "kilo", but it should always be written as centieuro (c€). Eg. I have a 20 c€ coin in my hand.
A few new ones:
Milieuro mE 0.001E
Microeuro uE 0.000 001E
Nanoeuro nE 0.000 000 001E
Picoeuro pE 0.000 000 000 001E
Femtoeuro fE 0.000 000 000 000 001E
Who knows where you might need it for.
[edit]Hey! I have a Euro sign on my keyboard. why doesn't it work???[/edit]
[edit2 I removed the ugly code and replaced it with E[/edit]
Milieuro mE 0.001E
Microeuro uE 0.000 001E
Nanoeuro nE 0.000 000 001E
Picoeuro pE 0.000 000 000 001E
Femtoeuro fE 0.000 000 000 000 001E
Who knows where you might need it for.
[edit]Hey! I have a Euro sign on my keyboard. why doesn't it work???[/edit]
[edit2 I removed the ugly code and replaced it with E[/edit]
or try using Alt0128Donald wrote:Your Browser is not compatible with the holoemitters of EBT. Internet Explorer 6 will do nicely.barclay wrote:Hey! I have a Euro sign on my keyboard. why doesn't it work???
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barclay wrote:A few new ones:
Milieuro mE 0.001E
Microeuro uE 0.000 001E
Nanoeuro nE 0.000 000 001E
Picoeuro pE 0.000 000 000 001E
Femtoeuro fE 0.000 000 000 000 001E
Who knows where you might need it for.
I especially like the microeuro µ€. The micro sign looks perfect with the euro sign!Maybe we could convince the ECB of issuing new banknotes as follows:
Old: 10 euro, new: 1 da€
Old: 100 euro, new: 1 h€
(But maybe it's not very user-friendly
)Donald wrote:Your Browser is not compatible with the holoemitters of EBT. Internet Explorer 6 will do nicely.barclay wrote:Hey! I have a Euro sign on my keyboard. why doesn't it work???
I posted on this forum before ant than it did work, I have IE 5.5 and do not want to upgrade cos I don't like IE6.
test with ALT 0128: €
[edit] Failed also [/edit]
Re: metric prefixes for expressing multiples of euro
Oh! Now, I now precisely how to name the total amount on my bank account...John S wrote: yotta Y€ 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 €
