I will make note of the correct spoken term. When dealing with metric, I am always used to saying "<a metric unit> - cubed" so that is the reason I typed "meter-cubed" and not "cubic meter." In future postings, I will make it a point to correctly type cubic measurements.
METRIC ROCKS! -- -----Thanks!----- Cole Kingsbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------- > Cole: > > We had a discussion of "meter-cubed" shortly before you joined the list. The > correct spoken or narrative term is "cubic meters." The symbol, m�, is > spoken as "cubic meters." > > (I typed the symbol as an m with a superscripted 3. It may or may not have > come out that way at your end.) > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 07:31 > >To: U.S. Metric Association > >Subject: [USMA:29836] Re: Liters or cubic decimeters? > > > > > >I tend to agree with Mr. Wade in using the liter over meter-cubed. > >Although the liter is not an official base unit of SI, it is more > >convenient to use the prefixes in regards to unit-conversion than > >meter-cubed. The liter is also more convenient to speak of than > >meter-cubed. > > > >-- > >-----Thanks!----- > > > >Cole Kingsbury > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >---------------- > > > > > >> >I don't believe anything I wrote earlier contradicted what you wrote > >> >below. Specifically I do not believe I said that the litre is > >> >deprecated for non-precision use. I said that I understood it to be > >> >advisable not to use the SI prefixes with litre; for example, since > >> >1000 L = 1 m^3, therefore the cubic metre should be used, not the > >> >kilolitre. > >> > >> But this would negate one of the main advantages of the liter: > >the fact that > >> it follows the 'normal' linear use of prefixes. Translating > >milliliters into > >> liters or back is as easy as converting between millimeters and meters. > >> > >> Whereas I see the need for converting to cubic meters when coherence is > >> required (e.g. calculating densities etc), to suggest that we > >shouldn't use > >> milliliters (almost universally used on soda cans here) or > >centiliters (widely > >> used in the wine industry) would be a huge own goal. Remember, > >the aim is > >> to encourage the use of the metric system. Adopting strategies that make > >> it more difficult are definitely counterproductive. Liters are probably > >> the metric units that most Americans are familiar with, thanks > >to Coca Cola. > >> Lets be grateful for that. > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Tom Wade | EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> EuroKom | X400: g=tom;s=wade;o=eurokom;p=eurokom; > >> Unit A2 | a=eirmail400;c=ie > >> Nutgrove Office Park | Tel: +353 (1) 296-9696 > >> Rathfarnham | Fax: +353 (1) 296-9697 > >> Dublin 14 | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer > >> Ireland | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !" > >> >
