LETTER SYMBOLS FOR UNITS OF MEASUREMENT (SI UNITS, CUSTOMARY INCH-POUND UNITS, AND CERTAIN OTHER UNITS)
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
1 Overview
1.1 Organization
1.2 Scope
2 References
3 Abbreviations
4 General principles of letter symbol standardization
4.1 Letter symbols
4.2 Alphabets and typography
4.3 Remarks concerning quantity symbols
4.4 Remarks concerning unit symbols
4.5 The International System of Units (SI)
4.6 Usage
5 Unit symbols
6 Unit symbols to be used with limited character sets
6.1 Limitations arising from the use of ASCII 0000-0127
6.2 Limitations arising from the use of HTML-coded web
pages and electronic mail
6.3 Examples of symbols for limited character sets
6.4 Limitations arising from importing and exporting
documents between computer programs
Annex A (normative) Notation for expressing the reference
of a level
Annex B (informative) Bibliography
Covers letter symbols for units of measurement. It does not include abbreviations for technical terms, nor does it cover symbols for physical quantities.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers |
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