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minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·2 年前You have them backwards. Centipedes are the ones with more legs
minus-squarebtr_fan87@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 年前Google tells me you’re the one who has them backwards. Here’s an article from Carnegie Natural History Museum explaining the difference.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 年前“Centipede” means 100 feet. “Millipede” means 1000 feet.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·2 年前I am aware of how prefixes work
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 年前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.
minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 年前Ah, but millimeters are 1/1000 of a meter, which means millipedes actually have 1/1000 of a leg /s
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.
“Centipede” means 100 feet.
“Millipede” means 1000 feet.
I am aware of how prefixes work
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