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abrevi   refers-to   to be used for
A  "Ampere"  electric current, init. defined as electromagnetic flow of charges
a_  "atto..."  pre-factor, equival't to 0.000000000000000001 = 1 x 10Exp -18
Al  "Aluminium" [Alu]  or "aluminum", chemical element 13, lightMetal alloy +ingredient 
Ar  "Argon"  inert gas under normal conditions, chem. Element 18, in air ~1%
Atm  "Atmosphere"  common "monobar" sealevel pressure = 0.1 MPa or relative
B  "Byte"  data info unit (1 B can be 8-bit ASCII-sign); or chem. # 5 Boron
bps  "bit-per-second"  information transfer rate, often can include io-control+adress
C  "Carbon"  chem. Element 6 solid to normalConditions (fibre's +diff.form's)
c_  "Centi..."  pre-factor, equivalent to 0.01 = 1 x 10Exp -2
Ca  "Calcium"  chemical Element often as Mineral Salt's and rare used in alloys
CA_  "ComputerAided_"  CAE=Engineering, CAD=Design, CAQ ...; CA=California
CO  "CarbonOxid"  or "CarbonMonoxid" exotherm combustion byproduct; +US State
CO2  "Carbondioxid"  common oxydation product, rather inert, >3-7% =lethal
d_  "Dezi..."  pre-factor, equivalent to 0.1 = 1 x 10Exp -1;
E_  "Exa..."  pre-factor, equivalent to 1000000000000000000 = 1 x 10Exp 18
e.g.  "exemple gratia"  exemplary gratia, at example, zum Beispiel, tatóeba
F  "Farad"  electric capacity measure = As/V = Coulomb/Volt, or Fluorine #9
f_  "femto..."  pre-factor, equivalent to 0.000000000000001 = 1 x 10Exp -15
G_  "Giga..."  pre-factor, equivalent to 1000000000 = 1x 10Exp 9
g  "Gramm"  mass measure unit, ISO normal defined
H  "Henry"  electric inductivity measure, 1H = 1 Vs/A = 1kgm²/s²A²
h  "Hour"  common time measure, 1h = 3600 s = 60 minutes
H2  "Hydrogen"  lightest gasous molecule normalCondition of chem. H-element's
He  "Helium"  lightest inert media, gaseous, rare, atomic mass = 4.0026 
Hz  "Hertz"  frequency measured as number of event cycles per second
J  "Joule"  energy measure, 1 J = 1 Ws = 1 Nm = 1 kgm²/s³
K  "Kelvin"  th.temperature, 0 degreCentigrade=273.15K; or Kalium chem.#19
k_  "Kilo..."  pre-factor, equivalent to 1000 = 1 x 10Exp 3
l  "Litre" [Liter]  volume measure, 1 litre = 0.001 m³ = 1 dm³ = 1000 ccm
M_  "Mega..."  pre-factor, equivalent to 1000000 = 1 x 10Exp 6
m_  "Milli..."  pre-factor, equivalent to 0.001 = 1 x 10Exp -3
m  "Meter"  length measure, ISO normal, historic 40Mm=earthCircumference
 "squareMeter"  surface measure unit, equivalents of 1m side length, = m Exp 2
 "cubicMeter"  volume measure unit, equivalents of 1m side length, = m Exp 3
mn³  "Norm-cubicMeter"  normal equivalent of 1m³ at 101325 N/m² at 273.15 K
Mg  "Magnesium"  chemical element, light metal, alloy + salt ingredient
MPa  "MegaPascal"  pressure+tension measure, 1MPa = 1N/mm² = 10Atm = 10bar
N  "Newton"  force unit, 1 N = 1 kg mass at 1 kg m²/s² (/earth 1kg weights ~9.81 N)
n_  "Nano..."  pre-factor, equivalent to 0.000000001 = 1 x 10Exp -9
N2  "Nitrogen"  gasous /normalCondition, chem. # 7, 78% natural content in air
Ne  "Neon"  inert rare technical gas (normCond.), atomic mass 20.183 element10
Nm  "NewtonMeter"  common torque measure unit, 1 Nm = 1 kg m²/s²
NW  "NominalWidth"  diametral equivalent flow-thru width, or equivalent in mm
O2  "Oxygen" [Oxigen]  gasous /normConditions chem. #8, "aerob"=Oxydant, in air ~21%
P_  "Peta..."  pre-factor, equivalent to 1000000000000000 = 1 x 10Exp 15
p_  "Pico..."  pre-factor, equivalent to 0.000000000001 = 1 x 10Exp -12
Pa  "Pascal"  pressure+tension measure in N/m² (ISO), 1 MPa = 145.1 psi
ppb  "parts-perBillion"  content measure relative to or in 10Exp 9 (1ppb = 0.0000001%)
ppm  "parts-perMillion"  content measure relative to or in 10Exp 6 (1ppm = 0.0001%)
p.a.  "per annum"  latin = yearly, as timely related total average measure "perYear"
s  "Second"  time unit (ISO) in which light travels 299792458km thru vacuum
Si  "Silicon"  metal, alloy + ceramic-ingredient, semiconduct element 14
T  "Terra..."  pre-factor equivalent to 1000000000000 = 1 x 10Exp 12
Ti  "Titanium" [Titan]  metal, alloy' and ceramic- or also pigment-ingredient
V  "Volt"  electric "Voltage", DC (directed) or AC common, Vanadium #23
W  "Watt"  power measure 1 W = 1 kg m²/s³ = 1 J/s (ISO); Tungsten #74
_'  "...foot" ['s=feet]  1' = 12" = 0.3048m
_"  "...inch"  1" = 25400µm ! = 25.4mm = 2.54cm = 0.254dm = 0.0254m
µ_  "Micro..." [mü]  pre-factor, equivalent to 0.000001 = 1 x 10Epx -6

This brief lists how we in general prefer and frequently use Abbreviations.
Hence, especially also letter-size differences between e.g. "k" (like KiloByte/bit,
and "km" KiloMeter frequent use) and capital "K" we prefer to use only to Kelvin.
Remarkable, preventing Micron-only expressions, to assure differentiating clear
and precise between e.g. µm (MicroMeter) or µ" (MicroInch) to prevent issue's.
In case of Questions, rather ask in order to assist to clear away mistakes!


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