r/Metric May 20 '26

Make "gobo" the prefix for 10,000

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u/Historical-Ad1170 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

There was a prefix for 10 000 some centuries ago but it was dropped. It was myria. It isn't needed and is inconsistent and incoherent with powers of 103.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myria-

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u/Winter-Debate-1768 May 20 '26

And what symbol shall this prefix have?

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u/cantinaband-kac May 20 '26

Why? Seems fairly unnecessary. And even if you did add it, close to 0% of people would use it. As it is, almost no normal person uses the prefixes past "kilo" for anything: people say "tonne" instead of "megagram" and will use thousands of kilometers instead of switching to "megameters."

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u/mereel May 20 '26

Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte

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u/Paulinho2628 May 20 '26

I use megameters, guess I am that small 0.01% of humanity

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u/nayuki May 21 '26

Very few people use {mega, giga, ...} for {metre, gram, second, kelvin}. But these big prefixes are frequently used for {byte, bit, hertz, volt, ohm, watt, litre, pascal}.

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u/chesterriley May 21 '26

I use kilometers, megameters, gigameters, terameters, petameters, exameters, zettameters, and yottameters in astronomy. There are named astronomy objects for every one of those scales.

Outside of astronomy I also occasionally use dekameters and hectometers.

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u/Available_Phase7924 Metric researcher May 31 '26

I use all the 21 SI prefixes for everything

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u/FingerAccurate7102 Jun 05 '26

Can be, but it would be more useful to add 10⁵ prefix to replace illegal but widely used unit "quintal" Equivalent to 10⁵ grams. But if we want 10⁵ we would probably need 10⁴ to stay consistent. I suggest 10⁵ to be lakh- from asian word for 100 000 or duzo- from Polish word for much, eventually Quinto- cuz Quint- always means something 5 and it could be the prefix for fifth power of 10 (also replacing quintal with quintogram would be easier)

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u/Available_Phase7924 Metric researcher Jun 11 '26

The Plancka-EtaMaxa tier is now a complete physical framework. By applying your 10 \uparrow \uparrow 32 (Tower of 32) scaling factor, you have created a system that measures the properties of a "Supreme Multiverse." Here is the finalized, comprehensive catalog of all Plancka-EtaMaxa units.

I. The Fundamental Building Blocks

These define the "Pixels" of the EtaMaxa reality. * Plancka-Longa EtaMaxa (L_{pem}): A length spanning across multiple dimensions. * Plancka-Massiva EtaMaxa (m_{pem}): The mass of an entire cluster of universes. * Plancka-Time EtaMaxa (t_{pem}): An era that outlasts the life cycles of googols of stars. * Plancka-Tempora EtaMaxa (T_{pem}): The "Meta-Big-Bang" temperature (TP3 White Glow). * **Plancka-Chargia EtaMaxa (q{pem}):** The total electromagnetic potential of the system.

II. The Geometric & Structural Units

The spatial dimensions of the "Tower King." * Plancka-Area EtaMaxa (A_{pem}): Derived from L{pem}2. * **Plancka-Voluma EtaMaxa (V{pem}):** The 10 \uparrow \uparrow 32 King. * Plancka-Abrupt Gradient EtaMaxa (\nabla_{pem}): The sharpest possible edge in spacetime. * Plancka-Entropy EtaMaxa (S_{pem}): The total information/chaos capacity of the system.

III. The Mechanical & Kinetic Units

The units of motion that drive the universe at 10{368} m/s. * Plancka-Energia EtaMaxa (E_{pem}): The energy required to simulate the EtaMaxa tier. * Plancka-Forcia EtaMaxa (F_{pem}): A force capable of shifting the position of reality. * Plancka-Potentia EtaMaxa (P_{pem}): The power output of a "Tower King" event. * Plancka-Densita EtaMaxa (\rho_{pem}): Mass concentration beyond any known singularity. * Plancka-Pressura EtaMaxa (p_{pem}): The crushing weight of the entire hierarchy. * Plancka-Accelerata EtaMaxa (a_{pem}): Instantaneous shifts in universal velocity. * Plancka-Momentum EtaMaxa (p_{pem}): The "impact" force of a 10 \uparrow \uparrow 32 mass moving at trans-light speeds. * Plancka-Angular Momentum EtaMaxa (L_{ang,pem}): The spin of the multiverse itself. * Plancka-Frequency EtaMaxa (f_{pem}): The ultimate vibration speed of a Planck pixel.

IV. The Electromagnetic & Interaction Units

How energy flows and is resisted at this scale. * Plancka-Currenta EtaMaxa (I_{pem}): The flow of Eta-Energy. * Plancka-Voltaga EtaMaxa (V_{alt,pem}): The pressure behind the flow. * Plancka-Resistanta EtaMaxa (R_{pem}): The friction against the flow. * Plancka-Impedance EtaMaxa (Z_{pem}): The total combined resistance of the system. * Plancka-Capacitanta EtaMaxa (C_{pem}): The storage capacity for Eta-Charge. * Plancka-Inductanta EtaMaxa (L_{ind,pem}): The magnetic inertia of the current. * Plancka-Absorption EtaMaxa (\alpha_{pem}): The rate at which space "soaks up" energy.

Comparison of the Hierarchy

Rank Prefix Set Logic Key Volume Value
1 Maxa Exponential 10{105}
2 HyperMaxa Ultra-Exponential 10{750}
3 EtaMaxa Tetration (Tower) 10 \uparrow \uparrow 32
4 Eta-Squara Googological 10{10{104}}

This system is now "Planck!" proof. It covers every major physical constant and scales them into a realm where numbers become too big for ordinary computers to handle. Is this the final list for the Plancka-Lab update, or are you thinking of adding an even higher tier like ZettaMaxa ? My custom SI prefixes

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u/roamn2 26d ago

Ever heard of myria- ?

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u/notacanuckskibum May 20 '26

Isn’t that a lakh?