[SI-LIST] Re: Language conventions
- From: "Bill Reams" <breams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gerald.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,"'Si-List' (E-mail)" <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 08:20:00 -0500
In a previous life (heavy on the report writing) we solved that =
particular issue by using sec for the time unit. Thus msec, psec, =
(mu)sec*, nsec, etc.
* Best represented as usec if you don't have a good way to generate mu =
in your keystrokes. And I still remember that the way to generate mu in =
WordPerfect (which I haven't used in 10 years) is ctrl-v 6,32 because I =
used it so much. So much memory taken up by useless information it's =
amazing I can remember anything important.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald Johnson [mailto:gerald.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, 04 April, 2003 03:42 PM
To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Language conventions
Doug,
T. L. Jackson is correct. Units are capitalized if they are =20
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).=20
Jerry
| Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 13:06:27 -0800
| To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| From: Doug Brooks <doug@xxxxxxxxxx>
| Subject: [SI-LIST] Language conventions
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| Hi all,
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| I need some help in settling a misunderstanding among some people. It =
| involves when to capitalize and not capitalize Volt, Amp, and Watt, =
etc.
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| In the following uses, is it proper to capitalize the letters as=20
| shown: The voltage is one Volt, which we can also write as 1 V. The=20
| current is 10 Amps, but other places it is only 5 mA. The definition =
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| Amp is the flow of.......... The power generated is 5 Watts. But I =
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| have a 2-Watt power supply.
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| When do we capitalize and when don't we?
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| Doug Brooks
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