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From: Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.hn.org>
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Subject: [lojban] Metric units
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We have the following words for units:
Base units:
meter		mitre
kilogram	ki'ogra
second		snidu
ampere		xampo
kelvin		kelvo
mole		molro
candela		delno
Dimensionless units:
radian		radno
steradian	stero
Derived units:
hertz
newton		niutni
joule
watt
pascal
lumen
lux
coulomb
volt		*volta
ohm
farad
weber
tesla
henry
siemens
becquerel
gray
sievert
katal
Non-SI units accepted:
minute		mentu
hour		cacra
day		djedi
degree of arc	julra'o
minute of arc
second of arc
liter		litce
tonne		(megygra)
degree Celsius	jacke'o
neper
bel
electron volt
amu		*daltone
au
nautical mile	xasminli
knot		(xasminlyfi'ucacra)
are		(pitydektre)
hectare		(pitxektre)
bar
angstrom
barn
Any suggestions for the other units?

Usage of metric symbols in English is to put the numeral before the symbol 
with a space between them. What should be the usage of symbols in Lojban (of 
course using symbols breaks AVI, but if a writeup uses {ki'otrefi'usnidu} a 
lot, you may want to use symbols)? Do you write "lo ml 750 botpi" or "lo ml 
be li 750 botpi"?

phma

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