[SI-LIST] Re: Mil or Mils?
- From: "Simon Aglionby" <Simon.Aglionby@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 12:03:46 +0100
Agreed as a unit it should not have an 's'.
In the UK we usually :-
say "thou", and write "th", for a milliinch, and=20
say "mil", and write "mm" for a millimetre.
Best Regards,
Simon Aglionby
Senior Design Engineer, Pro-Bel Ltd, READING, UK
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Subject: [SI-LIST] Mil or Mils?
Off-topic to the "matching within 1 mil" stuff, I think I see a lot of
misuse of the unit "mil" when it is written down.
As I understand it, the unit is abbreviated: mil
So when writing it down, it should be like: "..we match within 100 mil
but the CAD guys says 10 mil is just fine..."
When you read it, you will say it with an 's' on the end but if it is
used as a unit, it shouldn't be made plural.
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