On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Harold Erbin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> If you want another example that let feel that unit and quantity are two
> different concepts is that 0.001 km or 1.6 km are units (m and miles),
> but if you get 2 km, then you have no corresponding units. And if you
> say that it could be an unit, so are all the numbers times an unit but
> in this case you have too much freedom.

Well, having a unit of 2km looks quite fine to me :-) However, I guess
I'm discarding to many implications which are better visible to a
physicist, so I desist from further insisting on this point.

> Units which are logarithmic or with an offset can not be exactly
> combined as if they where number if there are also "normal" units. For
> example in thermodynamics you should take a great care when using °C.

I see; again, I most likely miss some physical insight, so, having
publicised my opinion, I thank you for responses you have provided and
I stop flooding on this topic :-)

Sergiu

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