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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