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From: Carl Herzog (no email)
Date: Tue Jun 07 2005 - 11:22:27 EDT
Dan Allen wrote:
> nm is common but unfortunately also means nanometer, so I like using
> nmi as it cannot be mistaken for another unit.
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> Dan
>
I had to look up the definition of a nanometer, a billionth of a meter.
From a practical standpoint, it occurs to me that anyone likely to
mistake the two in a given context probably shouldn't be on the water in
the first place.
Carl
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