2009/11/25 Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> > Hi, > > Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: > > El Martes, 24 de Noviembre de 2009, Frederik Ramm escribió: > >> Maybe "~= 100km", but "== 60 nm". > > > > Am I the only one who has read that as "60 nanometers"? > > No, a certain Martin K. has already reported the same. I'd say it > depends on context; nm is often, if sloppily, used in aviation at least, > but since sub-meter precision isn't required there, nobody will misread it. >
+1. It's hard to misread and if you think instead of reading like a computer you will get it, stil it literally reads "nanometer", while Nautical Miles officially should abbr. NM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_mile (they also say *M*, *Nm* or *nmi) *but I wouldn't use Nm either, as this is the official abbr. for energy (Newton metres =Joule). cheers, Martin
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