Unit Conversions

  • 1 trillion microphones = 1 megaphone
  • 1 million bicycles = 2 megacycles
  • 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds
  • 10 cards = 1 decacards
  • 1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn
  • 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
  • 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
  • 10 rations = 1 decoration
  • 10 millipedes = 1 centipede
  • 3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent
  • 10 monologs = 5 dialogues
  • 2 monograms = 1 diagram
  • 8 nickels = 2 paradigms
  • 1/2 large intestine = 1 semicolon
  • 1000 aches = 1 kilohertz
  • 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton
  • 2 wharves = 1 paradox

Unit Definitions

  • 1 instant: The time required for a photon to cross the nucleus of hydrogen atom
  • 1 moment: The time required for a photon to travel from the nucleus of the a water molecule's oxygen atom to the nucleus of one of its hydrogen atoms
  • Knot-furlong: Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour
  • I.V. League: 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital
  • Lite year: 365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer
  • Billigram: Weight an evangelist carries with God
  • Hoarsepower: The amount of energy in a case of laryngitis, divided by the duration of the disease
  • Joule: The net energy released when a dragon burns on the Arts Quad
  • Bananosecond: Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement