[SI-LIST] Re: Language conventions

  • From: Chris Peake <Chris_Peake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'gerald.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx'" <gerald.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:02:25 -0800

NIST would beg to differ.

http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec09.html

In another section, the SI units guide states that the symbols
are capitalized when named after a person:

metre = m
volt = V

Chris P.
System Validation Design Engineer
PMC-Sierra, Inc.
604.415.6053 x2480
e-mail: chris_peake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerald Johnson [mailto:gerald.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 1:42 PM
> To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Language conventions
> 
> 
> 
> Doug,
> 
> T. L. Jackson is correct. Units are capitalized if they are  
> named after a person (a proper noun). The one that
> bothers me the most is when I see a usage like "mS" and they
> meant to describe a unit of time and not a unit of conductance.
> This is a case where capitalized or not actually completely
> changes the meaning (s for seconds, S for Siemen). 
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> | Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 13:06:27 -0800
> | To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | From: Doug Brooks <doug@xxxxxxxxxx>
> | Subject: [SI-LIST] Language conventions
> | X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0
> | 
> | 
> | Hi all,
> | 
> | I need some help in settling a misunderstanding among some 
> people.  It 
> | involves when to capitalize and not capitalize Volt, Amp, 
> and Watt, etc.
> | 
> | In the following uses, is it proper to capitalize the letters as 
> | shown:  The voltage is one Volt, which we can also write as 
> 1 V. The 
> | current is 10 Amps, but other places it is only 5 mA. The 
> definition of one 
> | Amp is the flow of..........  The power generated is 5 
> Watts. But I only 
> | have a 2-Watt power supply.
> | 
> | When do we capitalize and when don't we?
> | 
> | Doug Brooks
> | 
> | 
> | 
> | 
> | 
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