Yes, my Resources page at
http://metricmethods.com/Resources.php
has a link to my "SI in German" page, at
http://metricmethods.com/SI_german.html
and that says the same thing, just below the prefix table.
Jim
On 2011-02-06 0200, Martin Vlietstra wrote:
In response to Pierre's question, the Babylon translator gave me
"Quadratmeter" as the German translation for square metres. Thus "drei
quadratmeter" is clearly 3 m², not 9m², as is "three square metres".
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of James R. Frysinger
Sent: 06 February 2011 01:33
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:49778] Re: Screen size conundrum
In the SI Brochure, NIST SP 330, NIST SP 814, and SI 10 the matter is
clear stated such that "2 meters squared" means 2 m^2, not 4 m^2. It's
just like saying "2 x squared" to mean 2x^2, not 4x^2. I.e., the
"squared" means the exponent 2 which is applied only to the unit
(including prefix, if any) and not to the numerical value.
Jim
On 2011-02-05 1843, Pierre Abbat wrote:
I understand "2 meters squared" or "a two-meter square" to mean a 2 m × 2
m
square, and "2 square meters" to be 2 m² regardless of shape. However, in
French or Spanish "2 metros cuadrados / mètres carrés" is 2 m², and "un
carré
de 2 mètres / un cuadrado de 2 metros" is a 2 m × 2 m square. But English
is
not the only language in which adjectives usually precede nouns, nor are
French and Spanish the only ones in which they follow. How would you say
them
in German?
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