HP TextEngineer Technical Writing Guide User Manual

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Symbols for Units in General Use (Cont’d)

Unit Symbol

Notes

milliliter mL

See

note

for liter.

millimeter mm

conventional millimeter of
mercury

mmHg

1 mmHg = 133.322 Pa (deprecated,
see ANSI Z210.1-1976).

millimicron nm

Use of the name millimicron for the nanometer is
deprecated.

millipascal second

mPa

•s

SI unit-multiple of dynamic viscosity.

millisecond ms

millivolt mV

milliwatt mW

minute (plane angle)

...

minute (time)

min

Time may also be designated by means of
superscripts as in the following example:
9

h

46

m

30

s

.

mole

mol

SI unit of amount of substance.

month mo

nano

n

SI prefix for 10

-9

.

nanoampere nA

nanofarad nF

nanometer nm

nanosecond ns

nautical mile

nmi

1 nmi = 1852 m

neper Np

newton

N

SI unit of force.

newton meter

N

•m

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