From: adambeneschan@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Kilogram constant defined in package System.Dim.Other_Prefixes (s-dmotpr.ads)
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 10:16:58 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2014-02-04T10:16:58-08:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <18c8d45a-d33f-41fe-a785-d43f10824a05@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52f12d1b$0$6672$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net>
On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 10:10:34 AM UTC-8, G.B. wrote:
> > On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 9:26:05 AM UTC-8, Anh Vo wrote:
>
> >> The Kilogram constants defined in package System.Dim.Other_Prefixes (s-dmotpr.ads) look different compared to others such as Meter, Second,... In addition, the values do not match with names in the comments on the right side. I would like to know why. By the way, the Meter, Kilogram and Second constant are repeated here for easy discussion.
>
> >
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> > "Kilo" is a prefix, so why is there a section on "SI prefixes for Kilogram" in the first place? (Instead of "SI prefixes for Gram".)
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> I guess "Kilogram" reflects MKS of the SI base units
> (meters, kilograms, seconds); this explains the difference
> of 3 in the exponent of 10, accounting for base unit's
> weight of 1_000 grams.
OK, that would make sense.
-- Adam
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2014-02-04 17:26 Kilogram constant defined in package System.Dim.Other_Prefixes (s-dmotpr.ads) Anh Vo
2014-02-04 17:44 ` adambeneschan
2014-02-04 18:10 ` G.B.
2014-02-04 18:16 ` adambeneschan [this message]
2014-02-04 18:22 ` adambeneschan
2014-02-04 18:19 ` Ludovic Brenta
2014-02-04 19:44 ` Anh Vo
2014-02-05 7:44 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2014-02-05 9:30 ` AdaMagica
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