Per mille is per thousand (1/1000). The sign is ‰.
It’s basically used to say 0.1% as 1‰ without using decimals because fuck them.
On another note, the symbols used are ingenious. The diagonal line represents “1”, and the number of o’s is the same as in the number (two for hundered and three for thousand)
They are similar in the same way as millimeters and centimeters, hectograms and kilograms, etc. One is 10 times smaller than the other, so they represent the same unit at different scales. The name “per cent(o)” means 1 in 100, while “per mille” means 1 in 1000
But they still mean percent yeah?
Per cent is per hundered (1/100). The sign is %.
Per mille is per thousand (1/1000). The sign is ‰.
It’s basically used to say 0.1% as 1‰ without using decimals because fuck them.
On another note, the symbols used are ingenious. The diagonal line represents “1”, and the number of o’s is the same as in the number (two for hundered and three for thousand)
I read it as per mile first. I was soo confused. Lol
No, per mille does not mean per cent. 1000 does not equal 100.
So they measure bac by the mile? This does not make sense.
mille, not mile. mille means thousand, so “per mille” means “per thousand”, just as “per cent” means “per hundred”. so 10‰ is 1%
They are similar in the same way as millimeters and centimeters, hectograms and kilograms, etc. One is 10 times smaller than the other, so they represent the same unit at different scales. The name “per cent(o)” means 1 in 100, while “per mille” means 1 in 1000
Blood alcohol level.
Yeah, it’s the same unit just offset by a factor of ten:
% = 10 * ‰
Strictly speaking, they’re not even units. Just shorthand for a factor.
Oh, I see. Yes this makes sense thank you