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Capitalization.
Lauren Fischer and Paul Frank
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11 ed.)
The SI unit names are written lowercase (eg, kilogram) when spelled out, except for Celsius (as in “degrees Celsius”), which is capitalized. Abbreviations or symbols for SI units also are written lowercase, with the following exceptions: ■ Abbreviations derived from a proper name should be capitalized (eg, N for newton, K for kelvin, A for ampere), although nonabbreviated SI unit names derived from a proper name are not capitalized (eg, newtons, amperes)....Expressing Unit Names and Symbols.
Lauren Fischer and Paul Frank
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11 ed.)
The SI includes conventions for expressing unit names and abbreviations (often referred to as symbols) and for displaying them in text. Previous | Next The SI unit names are written lowercase (eg, kilogram) when spelled out, except for Celsius (as in “degrees Celsius”), which is capitalized. Abbreviations or symbols for SI units also are written lowercase, with the following exceptions:...Products and Quotients of Unit Symbols.
Lauren Fischer and Paul Frank
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11 ed.)
The product of 2 or more SI units should be indicated by a space between them or by a raised multiplication dot. The multiplication dot must be positioned properly to distinguish it from a decimal point, which is set on the baseline (see 20.5...View:
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