Why is it called a "meter stick?"
You use a voltmeter to measure volts, a decibel meter to measure decibels, and a micrometer to measure microns, so why not call it a metermeter?
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I'm going to start calling it a metermeter and I'm sure it won't catch on, but it'll be fun. Anyone want to join me?
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They borrowed it from yardstick, which was actually a stick, not an electronic meter. Also back in the old days meters were marked on the back of the yardstick. And metermeter sounds like you have a stutter or a tic. I'd like to see people's reactions when you say it though!
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bostjan the adequate 🥉 Yeah, all of the examples I gave are digital now, even though they used to work the same way as a metermeter, with numbers printed or engraved on them. I wonder if people thought Boutrose Boutrose Ghali had a stutter, and that's why they vetoed his second term in office? -
Linda Joy I remember the triangle rulers they used to have but I thought those were for drafting. I don't know anything about the other meters in the form of a stick. By the time I used a voltmeter, it was electronic.
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