temperature_in_c would do, so would latency_in_ms, or distance_in_km. I think an API is not for humans in general, but for the specific sub-group of humans tha

temperature_in_c would do, so would latency_in_ms, or distance_in_km. I think an API is not for humans in general, but for the specific sub-group of humans that are programmers (and machines obviously). So some disconnect from humanity as a whole is, I believe, acceptable in API design.