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From: Craig (no email)
Date: Tue Dec 09 2003 - 22:06:36 EST
Capital K is Kelvin, a unit used to measure temperature. Little m is milli, capital M is mega, an m by itself is metre. KG is
incorrect, kg is correct. Refer to:
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/checklist.html
raig
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Subject: lv-ab: Re: Capitalization of units
In a message dated 11/24/2003 6:16:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, writes:
The names of those SI base units that are named after people are not
capitalized. However, the symbols for such units *are* capitalized. Thus,
the unit of length is the meter or metre, symbol m; the unit of mass is the
kilogram or kilogramme, symbol kg; the unit of electrical current is the
ampere, symbol A; the unit electrical resistance the ohm, symbol capital
letter Omega, and so on.
Didn't you mean to say:
The names of those SI base units that are named after people are not
capitalized. However, the symbols for such units *are* capitalized. Thus,
the unit of length is the meter or metre, symbol M; the unit of mass is the
gram or gramme or kilogramme, symbol KG; the unit of electrical current is the ampere, symbol A; the unit electrical resistance the
ohm, symbol capital
letter Omega, and so on.
Further, I under stand that units above one, such as kilogram, has the symbol for kilo - K - capitalized, as in KG, while units
below one, such as milligram, has the symbol always lower case - m - as in mG.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying St Augustine
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