Yo Ian!

On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:06:14 -0500
Ian Bruene <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 04/25/2017 12:08 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> > When talking about precise frequency measurements I would rather
> > expect ppt to refer to "parts per trillion".  
> 
> Useful note: the units display code shows parts-per-thousand as
> "ppk", parts-per-kilo in order to avoid this collision.

Can someone find a citation for best practice on parts-per-thousand?

Wikipedia says ppt is used in some disciplines for this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parts-per_notation

An unsatifying compromise is the  millage (‰) symbo

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