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I've always wondered why metric users call measurements in grams "weight" when it's really mass and measurements in Newtons is weight. Sorry, I'm an American be
by elblanco 17y ago
I've always wondered why metric users call measurements in grams "weight" when it's really mass and measurements in Newtons is weight. Sorry, I'm an American befuddled by perfectly sensible decimal based measurement systems.
- oozcitak 17y agoWhat is meant when using grams as force units is actually the gram-force (which is not part of the SI units). But the -force suffix is typically dropped in informal speech, so gram appears to be used as both a mass and force unit.
- rbanffy 17y agoI also round 1 kilogram-force to 10 Neutons. Unless you are trying to hit another planet, you'll be fine.
- ugh 17y agoCan’t we have our own inconsistencies? Believe me, physics teachers hate the common informal use of gramms as weight but that’s what our parents told us :)