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ghostanime2001 · Post by **ghostanime2001** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:30 pm

What is the command for mile in SI units? using the package suinitx?

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torbjorn t. · Post by **torbjorn t.** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:22 am

There is none, at least not that is mentioned in the manual. You can define your own unit though, e.g.

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\DeclareSIUnit{\mile}{m}

Post by **localghost** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:22 am

torbjorn t. wrote:There is none, at least not that is mentioned in the manual. You can define your own unit though, e.g.
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\DeclareSIUnit{\mile}{m}

This definition of a unit abbreviation could be mixed up with "metre" (or "meter").

ghostanime2001 wrote:What is the command for mile in SI units? using the package suinitx?

Actually the mile (neither nautical nor statute nor sea mile) has no unit sign.

Thorsten

torbjorn t. · Post by **torbjorn t.** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:10 am

localghost wrote:
torbjorn t. wrote:There is none, at least not that is mentioned in the manual. You can define your own unit though, e.g.
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\DeclareSIUnit{\mile}{m}
This definition of a unit abbreviation could be mixed up with "metre" (or "meter").

Of course, you're right. I just wrote that example, as "m" is the abbreviation I've seen most often for miles (e.g., in mph), and didn't think more of it. Using "mi", as recommended by NIST, is better in that regard.

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\DeclareSIUnit{\mile}{mi}

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