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27 October 2022 at 12:40 #618752
John Haine
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They got famously confused when making the mirror for Hubble…
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27 October 2022 at 13:43 #618762
gerry madden
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Hopper you are correct, I should have spelt it with a single L. And no, I dont understand how they could dream up a term like that, but they do seem to be happy its well and truly put to bed.

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27 October 2022 at 14:38 #618768
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Probably the same basic (Latin/Greek) derivation as the metric prefix milli meaning 1/thousandth. They also use the word cent (derived presumably in the same way) and meaning one hundredth as the smallest unit of the dollar.
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