As my i,pression of the 'metric system' and its continued failure, I have attempted to point and differenciate between *decimal notation and the metric system*:
The METRE was divided into parts of 'ten', and those further into 'ten' times smaller or larger. The 'metric system' is often confused with the decimal notation:
"Metric, pertaining to or of the metre; -system, decimal measuring system with the metre,& litre and the gram determined by it, as the units of length, capacity and weight; the prefixing to the metre etc., of the Greek derived 'deca-, hecto-, kilo-' denoting multiplication by 10, 100, 1000 as in kilometre of 1000 metres; that of Latin derived 'deci-, centi-, milli-, denoting division by 10, 100, 1000 as in decilitre, one-tenth of a litre".
As you would see, how can any 'quantity and/or unit be related to the'metric system & SI' unless it has relation with the METRE?. Merely, being decuimal does NOT make it belong to the 'metric system'!
Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Gene Mechtly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:26960] Re: What is an SI unit? Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:07:20 -0500 (CDT)
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... > All SI prefix multiples of the coherent SI units are SI units. > Reference: IEEE/ASTM SI 10 -2002 2.2 SI prefixes > "The term SI units includes the SI base units, the > SI derived units, and all units formed from them > using the SI prefixes."
The above assertions contradict statements in the BIPM Brochure.
For example, on Page 92 of the Brochure is the statement: "It is important to emphasize that each physical quantity has only one SI unit, ..."
The BIPM Brochure, strictly based on resolutions of the CGPM, is the official document on the SI; not SI 10.
SI 10 misrepresents the meaning of "SI Units" and "multiples and submultiples of SI Units" as presently defined by the CGPM and BIPM and understood internationally, except by readers of SI 10.
Gene.
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