Just to put it into perspective:

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  • w1Ldc4rD@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Why wouldn’t they just say a millimeter? .1cm is something a non metric user would say.

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      10 months ago

      I think you’ve answered your own question!

    • ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 months ago

      It’s common for scientists to prefer a decimal point in their measurements because they are inherently limited precision, but “1 mm” leaves some ambiguity as to whether you meant 1.0 mm or 0.1 cm. It’s a matter of significant digits, since leading zeros are ignored.