Grave (mass)
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To achieve full consistency in the SI, many people think that the kilogram should be named in other way. The original name "grave" derived from word "gravity" was used early, since 1793. The name "kilogram" was later introduced in 1795. Because of it, SI has now the inconsistency of a base unit with its name including a kilo prefix. Best proposed change to this lack of consistency in the SI would be restoring name "grave" once again, thus many purists are unofficially dubbing again a kilogram with the original "grave" term.
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