Timeline for Should punctuation (comma, period, etc.) be placed before or after the inches symbol when listing heights?
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| Sep 24 at 20:02 | comment | added | Ari Brodsky | "Historically, the word "minute" comes from the Latin pars minuta prima, meaning "first small part". This division of the hour can be further refined with a "second small part" (Latin: pars minuta secunda), and this is where the word "second" comes from." From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minute @NuclearHoagie | |
| Sep 24 at 19:30 | history | edited | wetcircuit | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 24 at 18:27 | comment | added | Nuclear Hoagie | I'm skeptical about your points related to the use of arc-minute and arc-second in astronomy. "Minute" refers to small size when pronounced as "my-noot", which it isn't here - astronomical minutes are pronounced the same as the unit of time, "min-it". Additionally, in this context "second" is actually typically the third unit of measure, after degrees and minutes. Minutes and seconds are simply unit names, and don't allude to the smallness or position of the unit. | |
| Sep 23 at 13:56 | history | edited | Ben | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 23 at 13:38 | history | answered | wetcircuit | CC BY-SA 4.0 |