On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 09:59:14PM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote: > also sprach Steve M. Robbins (on Sat, 07 Jul 2001 03:43:16PM -0400): > > On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 08:09:50PM +0100, Dafydd Harries wrote: > > > > [ ... ] > > > I don't think that 0 K (how are you supposed to abbreviate Kelvin > > > without making it look like kilo) [ ... ] > > > > Answer: use the proper lower-case 'k' for "kilo". > > > > K = Kelvin > > k = kilo > > Kelvin is a unit (which is temperature, but which *does not* take the > degree symbol, whereas Celsius and Fahrenheit do! but y'all got that right > anyway). kilo is not a unit, but a metric modifier, so when you find a > K by itself, it's kelvin, and a K followed by another unit letter or > symbol is the metric modifier.
Err, my point is that "kilo" is properly abbreviated by "k", but not by "K". See, e.g. <http://www.alcpress.com/tutorials/units/prefix-decimal.htm>. -S -- by Rocket to the Moon, by Airplane to the Rocket, by Taxi to the Airport, by Frontdoor to the Taxi, by throwing back the blanket and laying down the legs ... - They Might Be Giants
