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The symbol for meters is a lower-case m.
by ginko 3y ago
The symbol for meters is a lower-case m.
- jagrsw 3y agoIn US it also seems to be popular to use L for liter (or litre:)
- ginko 3y agoUppercase L is the correct symbol for liter adopted by CIPM. At the very least both l and L are generally accepted. M is definitely wrong for meter though.
- pif 3y ago> Uppercase L is the correct symbol for liter adopted by CIPM. Uppercase L is the alternative symbol for liter adopted by CIPM.
- moffkalast 3y agoThey clearly meant 500 million high.
- delta_p_delta_x 3y agoAnd it has to be spaced from the measure: > The numerical value always precedes the unit and a space is always used to separate the unit from the number. Thus the value of the quantity is the product of the number and the unit. The space between the number and the unit is regarded as a multiplication sign (just as a space between units implies multiplication). The only exceptions to this rule are for the unit symbols for degree, minute and second for plane angle, °, ′ and ″, respectively, for which no space is left between the numerical value and the unit symbol. > This rule means that the symbol °C for the degree Celsius is preceded by a space when one expresses values of Celsius temperature t. > Even when the value of a quantity is used as an adjective, a space is left between the numerical value and the unit symbol. Only when the name of the unit is spelled out would the ordinary rules of grammar apply, so that in English a hyphen would be used to separate the number from the unit. [1]: https://www.bipm.org/documents/20126/41483022/SI-Brochure-9.pdf#page=151 https://www.bipm.org/documents/20126/41483022/SI-Brochure-9....
- euroderf 3y agoTIL! Still tho, cannot abide by this. It would make a units-filled sentence irritating to parse.