Because the number would be too difficult to write down, remember, and
tell anybody else about.
Would you be able to easily follow driving instructions to your dentist's office, if
you were told to leave the Parkway at Exit 54, turn left, drive 2,174,894 millimeters
west, turn right at the traffic light, and then look for a parking space after proceeding
roughly 3,872,000 millimeters more ?
In USA it is measured in inches, in. In other countries it is measured in millimetres, mm.
The same as linear distances: kilometres, metres, centimetres, millimetres, etc.
Millimetres and millimetres are the same measurement. Therefore, 200 millimetres is equal to 200 millimetres.
Yes, but millimetres is probably a better unit.
There are 10 millimetres in one centimetre, so 12.0 x 10 = 120 millimetres long.
In SI units. Depending on the scale, they are measured in kilometres, metres, centimetres, millimetres etc.
Long distances are measured in AU in Eve Online. For short distances, it is measured in KM.
It depends on what you are trying to measure. Long distances usually are measured in miles. Survey distances usually are measured in feet.
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Millimetres.
your finger nail can be measured in millimeters
Some units, in order of increasing size are: nanometres, micrometres, millimetres, centimetres, inches, feet, yards, metres, kilometres, miles, light-year, parsec.
In USA it is measured in inches, in. In other countries it is measured in millimetres, mm.
they are measured in AU
Usually such distances are measured either in light-years, or in parsecs.
The distances are measured from the tip of home plate to the bottom of the fence.
Its measured in feet. Yards are used for distances too long.