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minus-square@mnemonicmonkeyslinkEnglish-13•2 months agoYou have them backwards. Centipedes are the ones with more legs
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•edit-22 months agoGoogle tells me you’re the one who has them backwards. Here’s an article from Carnegie Natural History Museum explaining the difference.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoit’s extremely obvious that you’re incorrect if you simply look at the words, “centi” means “hundred” and is smaller than “milli” which means “thousand”. centipedes look like they have a hundred legs, millipedes look like they have a thousand legs.
minus-square@ScubuslinkEnglish10•2 months agoAh, but millimeters are 1/1000 of a meter, which means millipedes actually have 1/1000 of a leg /s
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-22 months ago“Centipede” means 100 feet. “Millipede” means 1000 feet.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoPede means feet. So does the pie in piedmont.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoPhew because essentially* I was like * essentially in no way whatsoever
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoIt bothers me more than you that it was wrong, so I appreciate the correction!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoIn this case it’s what the prefixes mean that’s relevant.
You have them backwards. Centipedes are the ones with more legs
Google tells me you’re the one who has them backwards. Here’s an article from Carnegie Natural History Museum explaining the difference.
it’s extremely obvious that you’re incorrect if you simply look at the words, “centi” means “hundred” and is smaller than “milli” which means “thousand”.
centipedes look like they have a hundred legs, millipedes look like they have a thousand legs.
Ah, but millimeters are 1/1000 of a meter, which means millipedes actually have 1/1000 of a leg /s
#kilopede
“Centipede” means 100 feet.
“Millipede” means 1000 feet.
Pede means feet. So does the pie in piedmont.
You’re right, I meant feet. Fixed!
Phew because essentially* I was like
* essentially in no way whatsoever
It bothers me more than you that it was wrong, so I appreciate the correction!
Don’t tell me how I feel 🙅😂
I am aware of how prefixes work
In this case it’s what the prefixes mean that’s relevant.