 | 1974 - 64 pages
...Resolution 12 of the llth CGPM apply to the kilogram in the following manner: the names of decimal multiples and sub-multiples of the unit of mass are formed by attaching prefixes to the word "gram". CIPM, 1969 International System of Units: Rules for application of Resolution... | |
 | R. G. Liptai, Jack W. Pearson - 1975 - 350 pages
...unit for mass is the only one whose name, for historical reasons, contains a prefix. Names of decimal multiples and submultiples of the unit of mass are formed by attaching prefixes to the word "gram." 3.3 Non-SI Units — The use of units that are not SI should be limited... | |
 | Adventure - 1992 - 66 pages
...unit of mass is the only one whose name, for historical reasons, contains a prefix. Names of decimal multiples and submultiples of the unit of mass are formed by attaching prefixes to the word "gram" (CIPM (1967), Recommendation 2), for example: 10-6 kg = 1 milligram (1... | |
 | Barry Taylor - 1995 - 84 pages
...prefix for IO 3 . Thus, because compound prefixes are unacceptable (see Sec. 6.2.4), symbols for decimal multiples and submultiples of the unit of mass are formed by attaching SI prefix symbols to g, the unit symbol for gram, and the names of such multiples and submultiples... | |
 | David R. Lide - 2003 - 2580 pages
...is the only one whose name, for historical reasons, contains a prefix. Names and symbols for decimal multiples and submultiples of the unit of mass are formed by attaching prefix names to the unit name "gram" and prefix symbols to the unit symbol "g". Example : 106kg = 1... | |
 | 2001 - 82 pages
...Resolution 12 of the 11th CGPM apply to the kilogram in the following manner: the names of decimal multiples and submultiples of the unit of mass are formed by attaching prefixes to the word "gram." 2.3 Time • CIPM, 1956, Resolution 1 (PV, 25, 77): definition of the... | |
 | Jay L. Bucher - 2007 - 216 pages
...prefix for 103. Thus, because compound prefixes are unacceptable (see Sec. 6.2.4), symbols for decimal multiples and submultiples of the unit of mass are formed by attaching SI prefix symbols to g, the unit symbol for gram, and the names of such multiples and submultiples... | |
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Among the base and derived units of SI, the unit of mass (kilogram) is the only one whose name, for historical reasons, contains a prefix. Names of decimal multiples and submultiples of the unit of mass are formed by attaching prefixes to the word gram... 