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2605N/A/
2605N/A/ Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
2605N/A/ Use is subject to license terms.
2605N/A/
2605N/A/ Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
2605N/A/ All rights reserved. The Berkeley Software License Agreement
2605N/A/ specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
2605N/A/
2605N/A
2605N/A/ ident "%Z%%M% %I% %E% SMI"
2605N/A/ dimensions
2605N/Am *a*
2605N/Akg *b*
2605N/Asec *c*
2605N/Acoul *d*
2605N/Acandela *e*
2605N/Adollar *f*
2605N/Aradian *g*
2605N/Abit *h*
2605N/Aerlang *i*
2605N/AdegC *j*
2605N/A
6033N/A/ Authoritative places to get updated values:
2605N/A/ http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/
4070N/A/ http://www.npl.co.uk/npl/reference/index.html
2605N/A/ Less authoritative but very useful for non-SI units is
4070N/A/ http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm
4070N/A
4070N/A/ constants
2605N/A
2605N/Afuzz 1
6033N/Api 3.14159265358979323846 fuzz
6033N/A/ speed of light in a vacuum
6033N/Ac 2.99792458+8 m/sec
2605N/A/ standard acceleration due to gravity
2605N/Ag 9.80665 m/sec2
2605N/A/ Astronomical Unit
6033N/Aau 1.4959787069+11 m fuzz
2605N/A/ Avagadro's number
2605N/Amole 6.022137+23 fuzz
4070N/A/ charge on an electron
4070N/Ae 1.6021773-19 coul fuzz
6033N/A/ covert mass to energy (e.g., you have: kilogram energy you want: megaton tnt)
4070N/Aenergy c2
4070N/A/ convert mass to weight (e.g., use "lb-force" to get a pound of force)
6033N/Aforce g
4070N/A/ density of mercury expressed as weight/volume)
4070N/Amercury 1.33322+5 kg/m2-sec2
4070N/Ahg mercury
4070N/A
4653N/A/ dimensionless
6033N/A
6321N/Adegree 1|180 pi-radian
6321N/Acircle 2 pi-radian
4070N/Aturn 2 pi-radian
6033N/Agrade .9 degree
4070N/Aarcdeg 1 degree
6033N/Aarcmin 1|60 arcdeg
6033N/Accs 1|36 erlang
4070N/Aarcsec 1|60 arcmin
4070N/A
4070N/Asteradian radian2
6033N/Asphere 4 pi-steradian
4070N/Asr steradian
4070N/A
4070N/A/ Time
4070N/A
4070N/Asecond sec
4070N/As sec
4070N/Aminute 60 sec
6033N/Amin minute
4070N/Ahour 60 min
6033N/Ahr hour
4070N/Aday 24 hr
6033N/Ada day
4070N/Aweek 7 day
6033N/A/ Mean tropical year in the year 2000. This decreases by .00000615 per century.
4070N/Ayear 365.2421896698 day fuzz
4070N/Ayr year
4070N/Amonth 1|12 year
4070N/Ams millisec
4070N/Aus microsec
4070N/A
4070N/A/ Mass
4070N/A
4070N/Agram millikg
4070N/Agm gram
4070N/Amg milligram
4070N/Ametricton kilokg
4070N/A
4070N/A/ Avoirdupois
4070N/A
4070N/Alb .45359237 kg
6033N/Albf lb g
6033N/Aounce 1|16 lb
4070N/Aoz ounce
4070N/Adram 1|16 oz
4070N/Adr dram
4070N/Agrain 1|7000 lb
4070N/Agr grain
4070N/Ashortton 2000 lb
6033N/Aton shortton
6033N/Alongton 2240 lb
4070N/A
4070N/A/ Apothecary
4070N/A
4070N/Ascruple 20 grain
4070N/Aapdram 60 grain
4070N/Aapounce 480 grain
4070N/Aappound 5760 grain
6033N/A
6033N/A/ Length
4070N/A
4070N/Ameter m
4070N/Ametre m
4070N/Acm centimeter
4070N/Amm millimeter
4070N/Akm kilometer
4070N/Anm nanometer
6033N/Amicron micrometer
6033N/Aangstrom decinanometer
4070N/A
4070N/Ainch 2.54 cm
4070N/Ain inch
4070N/Afoot 12 in
2605N/Afeet foot
4070N/Aft foot
4070N/Ayard 3 ft
6033N/Ayd yard
6033N/Arod 5.5 yd
4070N/Ard rod
4070N/Amile 5280 ft
4070N/Ami mile
4070N/A
4070N/Abritish 1200|3937 m/ft
4070N/Anmile 1852m
6033N/A
6033N/Aacre 4840 yd2
6033N/A
4070N/Acc cm3
6033N/Aliter kilocc
4070N/Alitre liter
4070N/Aml milliliter
4070N/A
4070N/A/ US Liquid
4070N/A
6033N/Agallon 231 in3
6033N/Aimperial 1.20095
4070N/Agal gallon
4070N/Aquart 1|4 gal
4070N/Aqt quart
4070N/Apint 1|2 qt
4070N/Apt pint
4070N/A
4070N/Afloz 1|16 pt
6033N/Afldr 1|8 floz
6033N/A
4070N/A/ US Dry
4070N/A
4070N/Adry 268.8025 in3/gallon
4070N/Apeck 8 dry-quart
4070N/Apk peck
4070N/Abushel 4 peck
4070N/Abu bushel
6033N/A
6033N/A/ British
4070N/A
4070N/Abrgallon 4.54609 litre
4070N/Abrquart 1|4 brgallon
4070N/Abrpint 1|2 brquart
4070N/Abrgill 1|4 brpint
4070N/Abrfloz 1|20 brpint
4070N/Abrpeck 9.09218 litre
6033N/Abrbushel 4 brpeck
6033N/A
4070N/A/ Energy Work
4070N/A
4070N/Anewton kg-m/sec2
4070N/Ant newton
4070N/Ajoule nt-m
4070N/A/ There are 5 different small calories. The one used here is the "IT
4070N/A/ calorie". The "USA calorie" or "thermochemical calorie" is 4.184 joule
6033N/A/ (exact). The "calorie at 15 deg C" is 4.1855 joule fuzz. The "calorie
6033N/A/ at 20 deg C" is 4.1819 joule fuzz. The "mean calorie" is 4.19002 joule
4070N/A/ fuzz. The large Calorie is a thousand of (one of) these calories.
4070N/Acal 4.1868 joule
4070N/A
4070N/A/ Electrical
4070N/A
4070N/Acoulomb coul
4070N/Aampere coul/sec
6033N/Aamp ampere
6033N/Awatt joule/sec
4070N/Avolt watt/amp
4070N/Aohm volt/amp
4070N/Amho /ohm
4070N/Afarad coul/volt
4070N/Ahenry sec2/farad
4070N/Aweber volt-sec
4070N/A
6033N/A/ Light & Radiation
6033N/A
4070N/Acd candela
4070N/Alumen cd sr
4070N/Alux cd sr/m2
4070N/A/ actual radiation dose
4070N/Agray joule/kg
4070N/A/ effective radiation dose
4070N/Asievert joule/kg
6033N/A
6033N/A/ Temperature
4070N/A
4070N/Akelvin degC
4070N/Arankine 5|9 kelvin
4070N/AdegF rankine
4070N/A/ note that degF and degC are suitable for converting temperature intervals,
4070N/A/ but not actual temperatures on the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales.
4070N/A
6033N/A/ Money
6033N/A/ epoch May 22, 1998
4070N/A/ floating rates from Los Angeles Times
4070N/A/ fixed rates from http://dylee.keel.econ.ship.edu/intntl/intfin/currencies.htm
4070N/A/ Currencies pegged by the country to another currency are shown exactly
4070N/A/ (of course, they are still subject to change). Others are shown as "fuzz".
3661N/A
6033N/A$ dollar
6033N/Aargentinapeso 1.0000 $
6033N/Aaustraliadollar 0.6297 $ fuzz
6033N/Abrazilreal 0.8705 $ fuzz
6033N/Abritainpound 1.6327 $ fuzz
6033N/Acanadadollar 0.9899 $ fuzz
6033N/Achilepeso 0.002204 $ fuzz
6033N/Achinayuanrenminbi 0.1208 $ fuzz
6033N/Acolombiapeso 0.000719 $ fuzz
6033N/Aczechkoruna 0.0308 $ fuzz
6033N/Adenmarkkrone 1.491 $ fuzz
6033N/Adominicanrepublicpeso 0.0664 $ fuzz
6033N/Aequadorsucre 0.000196 $ fuzz
6033N/Aegyptpound 0.2927 $ fuzz
6033N/Ahongkongdollar 1|7.73 $
6033N/Ahungaryforint 1|211.02 $ fuzz
6033N/Aindiarupee 0.0247 $ fuzz
6033N/Aindonesiarupiah 1|11050 $ fuzz
6033N/Airanrial 0.000333 $ fuzz
6033N/Airaqdinar 1|.3109 $
6033N/Aisraelnewshekel 0.2743 $ fuzz
6033N/Aisraelshekel .001 israelnewshekel
6033N/Aisraelpound .1 israelshekel
6033N/Ajapanyen 0.007419 $ fuzz
6033N/Ajordandinar 1.4134 $ fuzz
6033N/Alebanonpound 1|1519.5 $ fuzz
6033N/Amalaysiaringgit 0.2654 $ fuzz
6033N/Amalaysiadollar malaysiaringgit
6033N/Amexicopeso 0.115781 $ fuzz
6033N/Anewzealanddollar 0.5338 $ fuzz
6033N/Anorwaykrone 0.1342 $ fuzz
6033N/Apakistanrupee 0.0229 $ fuzz
6033N/Aperusol 0.3532 $ fuzz
6033N/Aperunewsol perusol
6033N/Aphilippinespeso 0.0258 $ fuzz
6033N/Apolandnewzloty 0.2882 $ fuzz
6033N/Arussiaruble 0.1624 $ fuzz
6033N/Asaudiarabiariyal 0.2667 $ fuzz
6033N/Asingaporedollar 0.6109 $ fuzz
6033N/Aslovakiakoruna 0.0293 $ fuzz
6033N/Asouthafricarand 0.1968 $ fuzz
6033N/Asouthkoreawon 0.00072 $ fuzz
6033N/Aswedenkrona 0.1302 $ fuzz
6033N/Aswitzerlandfranc 0.6841 $ fuzz
6033N/Ataiwannewdollar 0.0298 $ fuzz
3996N/Athailandbaht 0.02541 $ fuzz
3996N/Aturkeylira 1|253780 $ fuzz
3996N/Auaedirham 0.2724 $ fuzz
2605N/Auruguaypeso 0.0966 $ fuzz
2605N/Avenezuelabolivar 1|535.5 $ fuzz
2605N/A
2605N/A/ The euro and currencies tied to it.
2605N/A/ See http://www.x-rates.com/faq_euro.html
4623N/A/ or http://europa.eu.int/euro/html/entry.html
4070N/A/ euro to $ as of 16 Jan 2002.
4070N/Aeuro 0.8834 $ fuzz
2605N/Aaustriaschilling 1|13.7603 euro
4070N/Abelgiumfranc 1|40.3399 euro
2605N/Afinlandmarkka 1|5.94573 euro
4070N/Afrancefranc 1|6.55957 euro
4070N/Agermanymark 1|1.95583 euro
4070N/Agreecedrachma 1|340.750 euro
6033N/Airelandpound 1|.787564 euro
4070N/Aitalylira 1|1936.27 euro
4070N/Aluxembourgfranc 1|40.3399 euro
6033N/Anetherlandsguilder 1|2.20371 euro
6033N/Aportugalescudo 1|200.482 euro
6033N/Aspainpeseta 1|166.386 euro
4070N/A
4070N/Amark germanymark
4070N/Abolivar venezuelabolivar
4070N/Apeseta spainpeseta
4070N/Arand southafricarand
4070N/Aescudo portugalescudo
4070N/Asol perusol
4070N/Aguilder netherlandsguilder
4070N/Apeso mexicopeso
4070N/Ayen japanyen
4070N/Alira italylira
4070N/Adinar iraqdinar
2605N/Arial iranrial
4070N/Arupee indiarupee
4070N/Adrachma greecedrachma
4070N/Afranc francefranc
4070N/Amarkka finlandmarkka
4070N/Asucre equadorsucre
6033N/Apound britainpound
6033N/Apoundsterling britainpound
6033N/A/ cruzeiro brazilcruzeiro
6033N/A
4070N/A/ PDP-11
4070N/A
4070N/Abaud bit/sec
4070N/Abyte 8 bit
4070N/Aword 2 byte
4070N/Ablock 512 byte
6033N/AK 1024 word
4070N/Atc 578 block
4070N/Arktrack 12 block
4070N/Arkcylinder 2 rktrack
4070N/Ark 203 rkcylinder
4070N/Arptrack 10 block
4070N/Arpcylinder 20 rptracks
4070N/Arp 406 rpcylinder
4070N/Arftrack 8 block
4070N/Arfshoe 8 rftrack
6033N/Arfdisk 16 rfshoe
4070N/Arf 2 rfdisk
4070N/A
4070N/A/ Trivia
4070N/A
4070N/A% 1|100
4070N/Aadmiraltyknot 6080 ft/hr
4070N/Aapostilb cd/pi-m2
4070N/Aare 1+2 m2
4070N/Aarpentcan 27.52 mi
4070N/Aarpentlin 191.835 ft
4070N/Aastronomicalunit au
4070N/Aatmosphere 1.01325+5 nt/m2
4070N/Aatm atmosphere
4070N/Aatomicmassunit gm/mole
4070N/Aamu atomicmassunit
4070N/Abag 94 lb
4070N/Abakersdozen 13
4070N/Abar 1+5 nt/m2
4070N/Abarie 1-1 nt/m2
4070N/Abarleycorn 1|3 in
4070N/Abarn 1-28 m2
4070N/Abarrel 42 gal
4070N/Abarye 1-1 nt/m2
4070N/A/ radiation activity
4070N/Abecquerel /sec
4070N/Abev 1+9 e-volt
4070N/Abiot 10 amp
4070N/Ablondel cd/pi-m2
4070N/Aboardfoot 144 in3
4070N/Abolt 40 yd
2605N/Aboltzmann 1.38066-23 joule/degC fuzz
2605N/Ak boltzmann
2605N/Abottommeasure 1|40 in
4070N/Abritishthermalunit cal lb-degF/gm-degC
4070N/Abtu britishthermalunit
2605N/Arefrigeration 12000 btu/ton-hour
2605N/Abuck dollar
2605N/Acable 720 ft
4070N/Acaliber 1-2 in
4070N/Acalorie cal
4070N/Acarat 205 mg
2605N/Acent centidollar
4070N/Acental 100 lb
6033N/Acentesimalminute 1-2 grade
4623N/Acentesimalsecond 1-4 grade
4623N/Acentury 100 year
4623N/Acfs ft3/sec
4623N/Achain 66 ft
4623N/Acircularinch 1|4 pi-in2
4623N/Acircularmil 1-6|4 pi-in2
4623N/Aclusec 1-8 mm-hg m3/s
4623N/Acoomb 4 bu
4623N/Acord 128 ft3
4623N/Acordfoot cord
4623N/Acrith 9.06-2 gm
6033N/Acubit 18 in
4623N/Acup 1|2 pt
4623N/Acurie 3.7+10 /sec
6033N/Adalton amu
4623N/Adecade 10 yr
6033N/Adioptre /m
6033N/Adisplacementton 35 ft3
6033N/Adoppelzentner 100 kg
6033N/Adozen 12
6033N/Adrop .03 cm3
6033N/Adyne cm-gm/sec2
4623N/Aelectronvolt e-volt
4623N/Aell 45 in
4623N/Aengineerschain 100 ft
4623N/Aengineerslink 100|100 ft
4623N/Aequivalentfootcandle lumen/pi-ft2
6033N/Aequivalentlux lumen/pi-m2
6033N/Aequivalentphot cd/pi-cm2
6033N/Aerg cm2-gm/sec2
ev e-volt
faraday 9.652+4 coul
fathom 6 ft
fermi 1-15 m
fifth 4|5 qt
fin 5 dollar
finger 7|8 in
firkin 9 gal
footcandle lumen/ft2
footlambert cd/pi-ft2
fortnight 14 da
franklin 3.33564-10 coul
frigorie kilocal
furlong 220 yd
/ Universal Gravitational Constant
G 6.673-11 m3/kg-sec2 fuzz
galileo 1-2 m/sec2
gamma 1-9 weber/m2
gauss 1-4 weber/m2
geodeticfoot british-ft
geographicalmile 1852 m
gilbert 7.95775-1 amp
gill 1|4 pt
gross 144
gunterschain 22 yd
hand 4 in
/ Planck's constant
hbar 1.054573-34 joule-sec fuzz
h 2 pi hbar
hectare 1+4 m2
hefnercandle .92 cd
hertz /sec
hogshead 2 barrel
hd hogshead
homestead 1|4 mi2
horsepower 550 ft-lb-g/sec
hp horsepower
hyl gm force sec2/m
hz /sec
imaginarycubicfoot 1.4 ft3
/ radio intensity
jansky 1-26 watt/m2-hz
jeroboam 4|5 gal
karat 1|24
kcal kilocal
kcalorie kilocal
kev 1+3 e-volt
key kg
khz 1+3 /sec
kilderkin 18 gal
knot nmile/hr
lambert cd/pi-cm2
langley cal/cm2
last 80 bu
league 3 mi
lightyear c-yr
line 1|12 in
link 66|100 ft
longhundredweight 112 lb
longquarter 28 lb
lusec 1-6 mm-hg m3/s
mach 331.46 m/sec
magnum 2 qt
marineleague 3 nmile
maxwell 1-8 weber
metriccarat 200 mg
mev 1+6 e-volt
mgd megagal/day
mh millihenry
mhz 1+6 /sec
mil 1-3 in
millenium 1000 year
minersinch 1.5 ft3/min
minim 1|60 fldr
mo month
mpg mile/gal
mph mile/hr
nail 1|16 yd
nauticalmile nmile
nit cd/m2
noggin 1|8 qt
nox 1-3 lux
ns nanosec
oersted 2.5+2 pi-amp/m
oe oersted
pace 36 in
palm 3 in
parasang 3.5 mi
parsec au-radian/arcsec
pascal nt/m2
pc parsec
pennyweight 1|20 oz
percent %
perch rd
pf picofarad
phot lumen/cm2
pica 1|6 in
pieze 1+3 nt/m2
pipe 4 barrel
point 1|72 in
poise gm/cm-sec
pole rd
poundal ft-lb/sec2
pdl poundal
proof 1|200
psi lb-g/in2
quarter 9 in
quartersection 1|4 mi2
quintal 100 kg
quire 25
/ actual radiation dose
rad 1-2 gray
ream 500
registerton 100 ft3
rehoboam 156 floz
/ effective radiation dose
rem 1-2 sievert
rhe 10 m2/nt-sec
/ ionization power of radiation
rontgen 2.58-4 coul/kg
roentgen rontgen
rood 1.21+3 yd2
rope 20 ft
rutherford 1+6 /sec
/ This is the rydberg energy (ionization energy of hydrogen assuming infinite
/ mass nucleus). To get the "rydberg constant", use rydberg/h-c
rydberg 13.605698 ev fuzz
sabin 1 ft2
sack 3 bu
seam 8 bu
section mi2
shippington 40 ft3
shorthundredweight 100 lb
shortquarter 25 lb
siemens /ohm
sigma microsec
skein 120 yd
skot 1-3 apostilb
slug lb-g-sec2/ft
span 9 in
spat 4 pi sr
spindle 14400 yd
square 100 ft2
stere m3
sthene 1+3 nt
stilb cd/cm2
stoke 1-4 m2/sec
stone 14 lb
strike 2 bu
surveyfoot british-ft
surveyorschain 66 ft
surveyorslink 66|100 ft
tablespoon 4 fldr
teaspoon 4|3 fldr
tesla weber/m2
therm 1+5 btu
thermie 1+6 cal
timberfoot ft3
tnt 4.6+6 m2/sec2
tonne 1+6 gm
torr mm hg
township 36 mi2
tun 8 barrel
water .22491|2.54 kg/m2-sec2
wey 40 bu
weymass 252 lb
Xunit 1.00202-13m