cubic gallons

[Michael McKernan]

 Benjamin Zimmer
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>Yeah, but there's already been a nondecimal precedent established by the
>"metric mile" (= 1500 meters, or would that be a sesquikilometer?).

Could be.  AFAIK, the only official measurement (on this scale) in the
'metric system' is the kilometer.

Anyone, or any group, can certainly purloin the descriptor 'metric' and
apply it to miles, gallons, or itchwarts.


Michael McKernan