QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Be Wholesome@lemmy.world · 9 days agophysicists make chart on how to help campus cat lose weightsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1435arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareThalfon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 days agoArbitrary units. The graph’s creator is lampshading that the graph is totally made up in an amusing way. It’s basically saying “made-up units” and “these units were made-up too.”
minus-squarehiggsboson@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoLampshading is a great way to describe it.
minus-squarehiggsboson@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days ago“Arb.” here is an abbreviation for arbitrary. If you look at the chart, it notes each axis, first [arb. units], [more arb. units], and [also arb. units]
i dont get it
Arbitrary units. The graph’s creator is lampshading that the graph is totally made up in an amusing way.
It’s basically saying “made-up units” and “these units were made-up too.”
Lampshading is a great way to describe it.
“Arb.” here is an abbreviation for arbitrary. If you look at the chart, it notes each axis, first [arb. units], [more arb. units], and [also arb. units]