Diphtheria. An acute infectious disease of humans caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Classically, the disease is characterized by low-grade fever, sore throat, and a pseudomembrane covering the tonsils and pharynx.
Statistician / Economist formerly employed in various Government Departments in the UK, freelance mathematics and statistics tutor since retiring in 2008, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. 1 second = 100 centiseconds. To help you remember, 1 meter = 100 centimeters and centi- anything is the same.
Decisecond Â· Centisecond Â· Millisecond Â· Microsecond Â· Nanosecond Â· Picosecond Â· Femtosecond Â· Attosecond Multiples of SI units of time longer than a second including megaseconds are rarely used because the traditional units of time are still almost always used.