ArachDusa
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I assumed for a long time that the wiki's default measurement for the amount of radiation someone's radiation-based abilities produce is Grays (Gy) since that's the unit used in Garou and Saitama's profiles, and of course because that's the standard unit for radiation in the real world. But now I look at Dr. Zomboss' profile and see his radiation manipulation is measured in SI. Why the disparity?
Actually, let's take a step back. What does SI even mean in this context? When I look the term up, it says SI refers to the international system of units (Système International d'unités), except not only is that not a radiation-related unit, it's not even a unit, it's a system based on multiple units, with Gy being one of them. Does Zomboss' profile use that because it's a nuclear energy reactor and not him using radiation as an attack? Does SI in this context refer to SI base units? Except it can't, because there are seven SI base units, so the word doesn't refer to a unit in itself! Does it refer to Sievert? Again, no, because the abbreviation for Sievert units is Sv, not SI. Seriously, can anyone explain what's going on here?
Actually, let's take a step back. What does SI even mean in this context? When I look the term up, it says SI refers to the international system of units (Système International d'unités), except not only is that not a radiation-related unit, it's not even a unit, it's a system based on multiple units, with Gy being one of them. Does Zomboss' profile use that because it's a nuclear energy reactor and not him using radiation as an attack? Does SI in this context refer to SI base units? Except it can't, because there are seven SI base units, so the word doesn't refer to a unit in itself! Does it refer to Sievert? Again, no, because the abbreviation for Sievert units is Sv, not SI. Seriously, can anyone explain what's going on here?
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