[USMA:11330] Re: Fwd: Symbols for SI Prefixes (fwd)

[Joseph B. Reid]

>There is a support for
>da or D for deca,
>h or H for hecto, and
>k or K for kilo, for at least a trial period,
>
>Why not they give a lower case English letter for
>micro instead of "µ".  This will complete the cycle
>with
>upper case letters for more than 1 and lower case
>letters for less than 1.


International Standard ISO 2955 recommends "u" when the Greek mu is not
available.  Why not use u all the time for micro-?

Joseph B. Reid
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