[SI-LIST] Re: Language conventions
- From: Steve Horne <sch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 16:04:57 -0600
I would have to disagree. Following the principle that if you
can find it with Google then it must be true, this web site uses
lower case names for volt, ampere and watt (though the single
letter abreviations are capital letters)
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/units.html
My Pocket Oxford dictionary also agrees with this.
Steve
Gerald Johnson writes:
>
> 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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