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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: SI and German Language (irrelevant, was: Wrong SI unit ...)
Date: 13 Feb 2001 23:53:57 +0100
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"Howard W. LUDWIG" <howard.w.ludwig@lmco.com> writes:

> Items like "kg" are referred to in English as symbols, not as names.
> Do German physicists use different terminology?

SI symbols are called 'SI-Symbole', but most people will call things
like 'kg' 'Einheiten' ('units'), and the distinction is avoided.