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Timeline for Hyphenation of SI prefixes

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Feb 9, 2015 at 4:11 comment added geometrian I read nanocomponent as nanocompetent. Nanocompetency is a brilliant neologism if I've ever heard one.
Jan 5, 2015 at 18:08 answer added Jon Hanna timeline score: 3
Jan 5, 2015 at 17:52 history edited Jon Hanna CC BY-SA 3.0
There's a separate box for edit summaries. Right here, in fact.
Nov 17, 2014 at 17:35 history edited metavektor CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 17, 2014 at 17:17 comment added choster Even if there were SI rules for hyphenating prefixes, you aren't really using SI, i.e. you are not using the prefixes to describe units of measure. A nanocomponent is not one billionth of a component. So there would be no officially "correct" usage.
Nov 17, 2014 at 16:47 comment added Barmar I think they're usually not hyphenated, but I suspect it depends on how common the word is. I don't think I've ever seen them hyphenated when used with measuring units, like millimeter or megawatt. But when creating neologisms, it might be more common so that the intent stands out.
Nov 17, 2014 at 16:34 comment added John Lawler Hyphens (like apostrophe's) are inaudible, so they really don't matter, as far as the SI is concerned. Just get the prefix right and let the hyphens fall where they may.
Nov 17, 2014 at 15:09 comment added metavektor Hmm, yeah, hyphenation would have been a better choice. 'It really doesn't matter' is an unsettling answer, but since I've only paid attention to consistency thus far, why changes things now?
Nov 17, 2014 at 14:47 comment added curiousdannii As with compound nouns, it really doesn't matter. There's no right or wrong hyphenation. Just do what looks best.
Nov 17, 2014 at 14:34 comment added tchrist What is “hyphenization”? The word you are looking for is probably hyphenation. But do try not to megadwell on how some of these words might happen to be SI prefixes, for such microanalysis would be more exacting of precision than the sense intended by their writers.
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