In physics, yes, that's common terminology. To distinguish from "cgs" units (centimeter, gram, second) which I guess were popular just before my time.
Nat > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Carter, Baron > Sent: Friday, 2002 October 4 8.27 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:22446] UT Austin - mks units > > > A current (Spring 2002) question from UT Austin in > > PHY 303K > > Classical Mechanics > > http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/301/lectures/node22.html > <http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/301/lectures/node22.html> > > answers are required in "mks" units. Surely this should have > stated answers > in SI metric units or explicitly stated metres, kilograms, > seconds. Is mks > used prevalently? > > > cheers > Baron Carter > > Compute Against Cancer > http://www.parabon.com <http://www.parabon.com/> > > > > >
