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Comments: In-reply-to John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com>
   message dated "Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:31:13 -0700."
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From: karl AT aspodata DOT se (Karl Hammar)
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John Doty:
> On Nov 19, 2012, at 6:50 AM, Evan Foss wrote:
> > Oh when I used Omega on resistors the old ones would fail. SDB might
> > have fixed it but there was some reason that I can not remember for
> > not using it.

> How should "mΩ" be translated?

milli Ohm.

> What about "MΩ"?

mega Ohm.

Some people write KΩ, and what is a Kelvin Ohm ?
Don't do that is the answer.

> Should "m" by itself represent "meter" (SI) or "0.001" (SPICE).

m by itself is just a lone m, ask the author what he means by it.
A number plus m as in 10 m is 10 meter.
If spice treat 10m as 0.01, I would call that a local anomaly.

> Is there a simple, comprehensible rule to distinguish SI unit
> designations needing translation from strings that might resemble
> them but shouldn't be translated?

No, people are marvelous at inventing confusion.
But we can ourself try to bend it in a sane direction by being sane
(what is "sane" vary among people).

Regards,
/Karl Hammar

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