Talk:1 E-3 s
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[edit] Frustration
I got redirected here from "millisecond" and I have not idea what "1 E-3 s" means.
I get frustrated when Microsoft documentation specifies milliseconds but they don't define milliseconds. I know I should know the answer, but I get confused because "millisecond" sounds as if there are a million milliseconds in a second.
This topic page does say that "One millisecond is one-thousandth of a second" and I suppose that is good enough but an alternative explanation would be that one second is a thousand milliseconds. Am I correect that a second is a thousand milliseconds?—This unsigned comment was added by Sam Hobbs (talk • contribs) .
If I am the only one that would prefer the alternative then I can be ignored.
- I think "One millisecond is one-thousandth of a second" is better. Yes, of course if one millisecond is one thousandth of a second then one second is a thousand milliseconds.
- You might also be interested in SI and SI prefix, which explain how the SI units and their prefixes (like milli) work. A milli of anything is one-thousandth. You might be more familiar with kilo (one thousand) and mega (one million). These are part of the same system.--Srleffler 00:38, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
I don't like the title of this page, not only would it confuse someone learning about lengths of time, but it assumes that you know thas "s" stands for seconds. MichaelBillington 01:56, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
| ... the prefix comes from the Latin mille, meaning one thousand (the plural is milia). |
| The name is derived from Italian, where milla was 1,000, and 1,000,000 became millione, "a large thousand!". |
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- Hence your confusion but knowing this piece of trivia will probably help. Yes, one second is a thousand milliseconds but I too would prefer things to be stated the other way around. The second is the base unit. The millisecond is defined in terms of the second not the other way around. Jimp 04:05, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
