Presumably because Q stands for quarter. However, I agree with Joe. It's one unit too many and its relationship to other units is an oddball one.
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of kilopascal Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 17:27 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:18808] Re: Short unit names 2002-03-16 If you are going to use a "unit" called Q, why not make it equal to 0.1 mm (100 �m)? The use of 0.25 mm is too close to 0.01 inch that it could be considered hidden FFU. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2002-03-16 19:27 Subject: [USMA:18804] Re: Short unit names > Han Maenen wrote in USMA 18799: > > >This is also why I fervently support the Q. It is based on SI, the mm, even > >though it is a quarter of that unit, still simply expressed with the decimal > >fraction 0.25. > > > I couldn't diagree more. > > Joseph B.Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071 >
