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
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