Re: MI-L MI - um symbol

[Jerry E. Howard]

Another method of obtaining the mm is to use the Symbol Font.  By pressing the "m" on the keyboard you can get the m symbol.
 
 

Stephen Baig wrote:

The "um" symbol is a printer's excuse for not having a Greek-letter font.
It is an inadequate substitute-as pointed out in Spencer's previous
response-for the Greek letter mu, followed by the usual abbreviation for
"meter" ( or "metre").  The half-arsed idea is that the "u" is similar to
the Greek letter mu, lacking only a long tail on the left-hand base.
Better practice is to spell out "micro-"

>
>The Greek letter "mu" is frequently used as a prefix meaning "Micro-", that
>is, one
>millionth of whatever the base unit is.    The only "m" unit I can think of
>is "meters".
>
>This would make your measurements in "micrometers", aka "microns".
>
>If your data consists of measured wavelengths of thermal infrared radiation,
>this makes sense; these wavelengths are at a scale where micrometers are the
>most
>convenient unit to use.

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