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@cpontvieux @LovesTha @mhoye @xek Kmph, while not official/scientific notation (as in notation encouraged by the SI) is apparently a widely used abbreviation. For example, see the link below.

It's potentially interesting (context dependent) to make people aware of SI conventions. Possibly not so useful to scold people on social media for employing widely used everyday alternatives in an "everyday" context?

oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

23 August at 4:10 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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LovesTha🥧

@level98 @cpontvieux @mhoye @xek kph would irk me, thousands of what per hour? As does KMPH, case does matter.

(using a capital K at the start of a sentence is an awkward argument about which norm is more important)

23 August at 4:24 | Open on floss.social
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@LovesTha @cpontvieux @mhoye @xek "k" for "kilo" as in "thousands" is lower-case.

The "official" notation, as mentioned by Cyrille, is:

km/h or km h⁻¹

If you (or anyone passing) happens to be interested / are not already aware... the organisation who determines such "official" things is the BIPM. A description/documentation of the SI system of units (overseen by the BIPM) can be found on their website.

km/h is not an SI unit... just "accepted" for use with the SI.

bipm.org/en/

23 August at 5:14 | Open on mastodon.social
LovesTha🥧

@level98 @cpontvieux @mhoye @xek Yes, techically KMPH is Kelvin Mega Pascals Hecto

23 August at 5:31 | Open on floss.social
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@LovesTha @cpontvieux @mhoye @xek Pascals is Pa, but that;s close enough for comic effect! 😆

"Kelvin Mega" could be a death metal band?

23 August at 5:35 | Open on mastodon.social
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