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Physical Quantities and Measures (PQM) is a Node and browser package for dealing with numbers with units
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{
"$schema": "./schema.json",
"prefixes": {
"y": {
"scale": "1e-24",
"name": "yocto"
},
"z": {
"scale": "1e-21",
"name": "zepto"
},
"a": {
"scale": "1e-18",
"name": "atto"
},
"f": {
"scale": "1e-15",
"name": "femto"
},
"p": {
"scale": "1e-12",
"name": "pico"
},
"n": {
"scale": "1e-9",
"name": "nano"
},
"u": {
"scale": "1e-6",
"name": "micro"
},
"m": {
"scale": "1e-3",
"name": "milli"
},
"c": {
"scale": "1e-2",
"name": "centi"
},
"d": {
"scale": "1e-1",
"name": "deci"
},
"da": {
"scale": "1e1",
"name": "deca"
},
"h": {
"scale": "1e2",
"name": "hecto"
},
"k": {
"scale": "1e3",
"name": "kilo"
},
"M": {
"scale": "1e6",
"name": "mega"
},
"G": {
"scale": "1e9",
"name": "giga"
},
"T": {
"scale": "1e12",
"name": "tera"
},
"P": {
"scale": "1e15",
"name": "peta"
},
"E": {
"scale": "1e18",
"name": "exa"
},
"Z": {
"scale": "1e21",
"name": "zetta"
},
"Y": {
"scale": "1e24",
"name": "yotta"
},
"Ki": {
"scale": "2^10",
"name": "kibi"
},
"Mi": {
"scale": "2^20",
"name": "mebi"
},
"Gi": {
"scale": "2^30",
"name": "gibi"
},
"Ti": {
"scale": "2^40",
"name": "tebi"
},
"Pi": {
"scale": "2^50",
"name": "pebi"
},
"Ei": {
"scale": "2^60",
"name": "exbi"
},
"Zi": {
"scale": "2^70",
"name": "zebi"
},
"Yi": {
"scale": "2^80",
"name": "yobi"
}
},
"units": {
"1": {
"name": "One",
"description": "Unit non-dimensional quantity",
"category": "unitless",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {}
},
"%": {
"name": "Percent",
"description": "Non dimensional percent (100 % == 1)",
"category": "unitless",
"scale": "1e-2",
"dimensions": {}
},
"ppm": {
"name": "Parts per Million",
"description": "Unitless quantity defined as 1 / 10^6",
"category": "unitless",
"scale": "1e-6",
"dimensions": {}
},
"ppb": {
"name": "Parts per Billion",
"description": "Unitless quantity defined as 1 / 10^9",
"category": "unitless",
"scale": "1e-9",
"dimensions": {}
},
"ppt": {
"name": "Parts per Trillion",
"description": "Unitless quantity defined as 1 / 10^12",
"category": "unitless",
"scale": "1e-12",
"dimensions": {}
},
"g": {
"name": "Gram",
"description": "unit of mass defined as 1e-3 kg",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "1e-3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1}
},
"Da" : {
"name": "Dalton",
"description": "Sometimes called an atomic mass unit, defined as 1/12 of the mass of an unbound neutral atom of carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state and at rest",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "1.66053906660e-27",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1},
"aliases": ["u", "AMU"]
},
"grain": {
"name": "Grain",
"description": "Mass approximately equivalent to a single ideal seed of a cereal, in particular wheat or barley",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "6.479891e-5",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1}
},
"ozm": {
"name": "Ounce",
"description": "US and Imperial unit equal to 1/16 of a Pound Mass",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "2.8349523125e-2",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1}
},
"dram": {
"name": "Dram",
"description": "Unit of mass historically used by apothecaries equal to 1/16 of an ounce",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "1.7718451953125e-3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1}
},
"lbm": {
"name": "Pound",
"description": "US and Imperial primary unit of mass",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "4.5359237e-1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1}
},
"stone": {
"name": "Stone",
"description": "Imperial unit equal to 14 Pounds Mass",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "6.35029318",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1}
},
"sg": {
"name": "Slug",
"description": "US and Imperial unit defined as 1 lbf / Standard Gravity",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "1.45939029372064e1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1},
"aliases": ["slug"]
},
"cwt": {
"name": "Short Hundredweight",
"description": "Typically used in the US, equal to 100 lbm",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "4.5359237e1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1}
},
"dwt": {
"name": "Short Pennyweight",
"description": "From the weight of an English penny in the Middle Ages, equal to 24 grains or 1/20 of a troy ounce",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "1.55517384e-3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1}
},
"uk_cwt": {
"name": "Long Hundredweight",
"description": "Typically used in the UK, equal to 8 stone",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "5.080234544e1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1}
},
"ton": {
"name": "Ton",
"description": "US customary unit equal to 2000 lbm",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "9.0718474e2",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1}
},
"uk_ton": {
"name": "UK Ton",
"description": "English customary unit that is equal to 20 Long Hundredweight or 160 Stone",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "1.0160469088e3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1}
},
"metric_ton": {
"name": "Metric Ton",
"description": "Sometimes seen as 'tonne', this mass equals 1000 kg",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "1e3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1},
"aliases": ["tonne"]
},
"carat": {
"name": "Carat",
"description": "Equal to 200 mg, typically used to measure gemstones",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "2e-4",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1}
},
"assay_ton": {
"name": "Assay Ton",
"description": "Equal to 29 1/6 grams, often used to measure the ores of precious metals",
"category": "mass",
"scale": "2.9166666666666667e-2",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1}
},
"denier": {
"name": "Denier",
"description": "Linear density used in textiles, the linear density of a single strand of silk is approx. 1 denier",
"category": "miscellaneous",
"scale": "1.1111111111111112e-7",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1}
},
"tex": {
"name": "Tex",
"description": "Linear density equal to 1 g / km, mainly used for measuring fiber products",
"category": "miscellaneous",
"scale": "1e-6",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1}
},
"m": {
"name": "Meter",
"description": "SI standard unit for length",
"category": "length",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"ang": {
"name": "Angstrom",
"description": "Equal to 10^-10 meters, often used to express the size of atoms and molecules",
"category": "length",
"scale": "1e-10",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"picapt": {
"name": "Pica Point",
"description": "Used in typography, equal to 1/12 of a pica",
"category": "length",
"scale": "3.52777777777778e-4",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"pica": {
"name": "Pica",
"description": "Used in typography, equal to 1/6 of an inch",
"category": "length",
"scale": "4.23333333333333e-3",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"in": {
"name": "Inch",
"description": "US and Imperial unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot",
"category": "length",
"scale": "2.54e-2",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"mil": {
"name": "Mil",
"description": "US and Imperial units for milli-inch, avoids a unit collision with the unit 'min'",
"category": "length",
"scale": "2.54e-5",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"ft": {
"name": "Foot",
"description": "Standard US and Imperial unit of length",
"category": "length",
"scale": "3.048e-1",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"yd": {
"name": "Yard",
"description": "US and Imperial unit of length equal to 3 foot",
"category": "length",
"scale": "9.144e-1",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"ell": {
"name": "Ell",
"description": "Formerly used in the english tayloring industry and defined as a yard and a quarter, now obsolete",
"category": "length",
"scale": "1.143",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"mi": {
"name": "Mile",
"description": "US and Imperial measure of distance equal to 5280 feet or 1,609.344 meters",
"category": "length",
"scale": "1.609344e3",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"survey_mi": {
"name": "Survey Mile",
"description": "US Customary unit equal to 5280 Survey Feet",
"category": "length",
"scale": "5280*(1200/3937)",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"nmi": {
"name": "Nautical Mile",
"description": "Approximately 1/60 of a degree of latitude, formally defined as 1852 meters",
"category": "length",
"scale": "1.852e3",
"dimensions": {"length": 1},
"aliases": ["Nmi"]
},
"league": {
"name": "League",
"description": "Originally represented the distance a person could walk in one day, the most recent common usage was in maritime where it is equal to 3 nautical miles",
"category": "length",
"scale": "5.556e3",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"ly": {
"name": "Light Year",
"description": "Represents the distance light travels in one year in a vacuum, used in astronomical scales",
"category": "length",
"scale": "9.4607304725808e15",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"parsec": {
"name": "Parsec",
"description": "Defined as 648 000 / pi astronomical units (au)",
"category": "length",
"scale": "3.08567758128155e16",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"survey_ft": {
"name": "Survey Foot",
"description": "Slightly different definition of foot defined as 1200/3937 meters instead of 0.3048 meters",
"category": "length",
"scale": "(1200/3937)",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"AU": {
"name": "Astronomical Unit",
"description": "Approximate distance from the Earth to the Sun",
"category": "length",
"scale": "1.495978707e11",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"chain": {
"name": "Chain",
"description": "US customary unit equal to 66 survey ft, sometimes the unit may be based on the internation foot rather than the survey foot changing the definition slightly",
"category": "length",
"scale": "66*(1200/3937)",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"link": {
"name": "Link",
"description": "US Customary unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain",
"category": "length",
"scale": "(66/100)*(1200/3937)",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"rod": {
"name": "Rod",
"description": "US Customary unit of length equal to 1/4 of a chain",
"category": "length",
"scale": "(66/4)*(1200/3937)",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"furlong": {
"name": "Furlong",
"description": "US Customary unit of length equal to 10 chains",
"category": "length",
"scale": "660*(1200/3937)",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"fathom": {
"name": "Fathom",
"description": "Equal to 6 international foot, typically used to measure depth in maritime applications",
"category": "length",
"scale": "1.8288",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"us_fathom": {
"name": "US Fathom",
"description": "US Customary Fathom, appox. equal to 6 survey foot",
"category": "length",
"scale": "6*(1200/3937)",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"fermi": {
"name": "Fermi",
"description": "Equal to 10^-15 m, Used in nuclear physics and named after physicist Enrico Fermi who was one of the founders of the field",
"category": "length",
"scale": "1e-15",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"datamile": {
"name": "Data Mile",
"description": "A distance used in radar measurements equal to 6000 international feet",
"category": "length",
"scale": "1.8288e3",
"dimensions": {"length": 1}
},
"kayser": {
"name": "Kayser/Wavenumber",
"description": "Reciprocal of 1 cm, used in spectroscopy and chemistry to represent the number of wavelengths per cm",
"category": "miscellaneous",
"scale": "1e02",
"dimensions": {"length": -1}
},
"s": {
"name": "Second",
"description": "Approximately 1/86400 of a stellar day, formally defined based on the duration of 9 192 631 770 state transitions of the caesium-133 atom at 0 K",
"category": "time",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"time": 1},
"aliases": ["sec"]
},
"min": {
"name": "Minute",
"description": "Defined as 60 seconds",
"category": "time",
"scale": "6e1",
"dimensions": {"time": 1}
},
"hr": {
"name": "Hour",
"description": "Defined as 60 minute",
"category": "time",
"scale": "3.6e3",
"dimensions": {"time": 1}
},
"day": {
"name": "Day",
"description": "Approximately equal to the amount of time for the earth to rotate on it's axis, formally defined as 24 hours",
"category": "time",
"scale": "8.64e4",
"dimensions": {"time": 1}
},
"week": {
"name": "Week",
"description": "Defined as 7 days",
"category": "time",
"scale": "6.048e5",
"dimensions": {"time": 1}
},
"fortnight": {
"name": "Fortnight",
"description": "Amount of time defined as 2 weeks or 14 days",
"category": "time",
"scale": "1.2096e6",
"dimensions": {"time": 1}
},
"yr": {
"name": "Year",
"description": "Approximately equal to the amount of time for the earth to make one orbit around the sun, formally defined as 365 days",
"category": "time",
"scale": "3.1536e7",
"dimensions": {"time": 1}
},
"shake": {
"name": "Shake",
"description": "Informal metric unit equal to 10^-8 seconds, often used in nuclear physics",
"category": "time",
"scale": "1e-8",
"dimensions": {"time": 1}
},
"K": {
"name": "Kelvin",
"description": "SI standard unit with 0 defined as absolute zero",
"category": "temperature",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"temperature": 1},
"aliases": ["deltaC"]
},
"degF": {
"name": "Degrees Fahrenheit",
"description": "Temperature scale that is approximately 32 at the melting point of ice and 212 at the boiling point of water",
"category": "temperature",
"scale": "(5/9)",
"dimensions": {"temperature": 1},
"offset": "273.15-(32*5/9)"
},
"degC": {
"name": "Degrees Celsius",
"description": "Temperature unit with a similar scale to Kelvin, but with the 0 approximately defined as the melting point of ice",
"category": "temperature",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"temperature": 1},
"offset": "2.7315e2"
},
"Ra": {
"name": "Rankine",
"description": "Units with the same scale as Fahrenheit, but with 0 at absolute 0",
"category": "temperature",
"scale": "(5/9)",
"dimensions": {"temperature": 1},
"aliases": ["Rank", "deltaF"]
},
"Reau": {
"name": "Reaumur",
"description": "Temperature scale that is approximately 0 at the melting point of ice and 80 at the boiling point of water",
"category": "temperature",
"scale": "1.25",
"dimensions": {"temperature": 1},
"offset": "2.7315e2"
},
"deltaReau": {
"name": "Delta Reaumur",
"description": "Change in temperature as measured in Reaumurs",
"category": "temperature",
"scale": "1.25",
"dimensions": {"temperature": 1}
},
"kph": {
"name": "Kilometer per Hour",
"description": "Velocity at which a kilometer is traveled every hour",
"category": "velocity",
"scale": "1000/3600",
"dimensions": {"length": 1, "time": -1}
},
"mph": {
"name": "Mile per Hour",
"description": "Velocity at which a mile is traveled every hour",
"category": "velocity",
"scale": "4.4704e-1",
"dimensions": {"length": 1, "time": -1}
},
"fps": {
"name": "Feet per Second",
"description": "Velocity where 1 foot is traveled every second",
"category": "velocity",
"scale": "3.048e-1",
"dimensions": {"length": 1, "time": -1}
},
"knot": {
"name": "Knot",
"description": "Velocity at which a Nautical mile is traveled every hour ",
"category": "velocity",
"scale": "5.14444444444444e-1",
"dimensions": {"length": 1, "time": -1}
},
"admkn": {
"name": "Admirality Knot",
"description": "Knot based on the old UK definition of a Nautical mile (1853.184 m)",
"category": "velocity",
"scale": "5.14773333333333e-1",
"dimensions": {"length": 1, "time": -1}
},
"c": {
"name": "Speed of Light",
"description": "velocity defined by how fast light travels in a vacuum",
"category": "velocity",
"scale": "2.99792458e8",
"dimensions": {"length": 1, "time": -1}
},
"grav": {
"name": "Standard Gravity",
"description": "Approximate acceleration of gravity at the surface of the earth",
"category": "acceleration",
"scale": "9.80665",
"dimensions": {"length": 1, "time": -2}
},
"galileo": {
"name": "Galileo",
"description": "CGS system standard unit for acceleration",
"category": "acceleration",
"scale": "1e-2",
"dimensions": {"length": 1, "time": -2}
},
"Pa": {
"name": "Pascal",
"description": "SI standard unit for pressure defined as 1 N/m^2",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2}
},
"mHg": {
"name": "Meter of Mercury",
"description": "The pressure applied by 1 m of mercury at 1 standard gravity, more commonly used as mmHg or cmHg",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "1.3332239e5",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2}
},
"mH2O": {
"name": "Meter of Water",
"description": "The pressure applied by 1 m of water at 1 standard gravity, more commonly used as mmH2O or cmH2O",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "9.80665e3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2}
},
"Torr": {
"name": "Torr",
"description": "Slightly different definition of mmHg, but very close to the same scale",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "1.33322368421053e2",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2}
},
"psi": {
"name": "Pound per Square Inch",
"description": "US and Imperial unit of pressure defined as 1 lbf / in^2",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "6.89475729316836e3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2}
},
"atm": {
"name": "Atmosphere",
"description": "Approximately the mean air pressure at sea level",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "1.01325e5",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2}
},
"bar": {
"name": "Bar",
"description": "Defined as 100 000 Pa, which is very close to 1 atmosphere",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "1e5",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2}
},
"inHg": {
"name": "Inch of Mercury",
"description": "The pressure applied by 1 inch of mercury at 1 standard gravity",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "3.3863886666667e3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2}
},
"inH2O": {
"name": "Inch of Water",
"description": "The pressure applied by 1 inch of water at 1 standard gravity",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "2.4908891e2",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2}
},
"ftHg": {
"name": "Foot of Mercury",
"description": "The pressure applied by 1 foot of mercury at 1 standard gravity",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "4.0636664e4",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2}
},
"ftH2O": {
"name": "Foot of Water",
"description": "The pressure applied by 1 foot of water at 1 standard gravity",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "2.98906692e3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2}
},
"Ba": {
"name": "Barye",
"description": "CGS standard unit for pressure",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "1e-1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2}
},
"Pa-g": {
"name": "Gauge Pascal",
"description": "Pascal with a zero offset at atmospheric pressure",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2},
"offset": "1.01325e5"
},
"bar-g": {
"name": "Gauge Bar",
"description": "Bar with a zero offset at atmospheric pressure",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "1e5",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2},
"offset": "1.01325e5"
},
"psi-g": {
"name": "Gauge PSI",
"description": "psi with a zero offset at atmospheric pressure",
"category": "pressure",
"scale": "6.89475729316836e3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -2},
"offset": "1.01325e5"
},
"N": {
"name": "Newton",
"description": "SI standard unit for force defined as 1 kg m / s^2",
"category": "force",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 1, "time": -2}
},
"dyn": {
"name": "Dyne",
"description": "CGS standard unit for force defined as 1 g [c]m / s^2",
"category": "force",
"scale": "1e-5",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 1, "time": -2}
},
"gf": {
"name": "Gram Force",
"description": "Defined as the amount of force exerted by standard gravity on a 1 gram mass",
"category": "force",
"scale": "9.80665e-3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 1, "time": -2},
"aliases": ["pond"]
},
"lbf": {
"name": "Pound Force",
"description": "Defined as the amount of force exerted by standard gravity on a 1 lbm mass",
"category": "force",
"scale": "4.4482216152605",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 1, "time": -2}
},
"ozf": {
"name": "Ounce Force",
"description": "Equal to 1/16 lbf",
"category": "force",
"scale": "2.78013850953781e-1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 1, "time": -2}
},
"pdl": {
"name": "Poundal",
"description": "Force unit in the foot-pound-second system equal to 1 lbm ft / s^2",
"category": "force",
"scale": "1.38254954376e-1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 1, "time": -2}
},
"ton-force": {
"name": "Ton Force",
"description": "Equal to 2000 lbf",
"category": "force",
"scale": "8.896443230521e3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 1, "time": -2}
},
"J": {
"name": "Joule",
"description": "SI standard unit for energy defined as 1 N m",
"category": "energy",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -2}
},
"eV": {
"name": "Electron Volt",
"description": "Energy gain of an electron after passing through a 1 Volt potential",
"category": "energy",
"scale": "1.602176487e-19",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -2}
},
"erg": {
"name": "Erg",
"description": "CGS standard unit of energy defined as 1 dyn cm ",
"category": "energy",
"scale": "1e-7",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -2}
},
"cal": {
"name": "Calorie",
"description": "Based on the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water 1 degree Celsius, defined in The Fifth International Conference on the Properties of Steam (London, July 1956) 'International Table'",
"category": "energy",
"scale": "4.1868",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -2}
},
"Cal": {
"name": "Kilo-calorie",
"description": "Commonly used to measure the energy in food in the US, equal to 1000 calories and often refered to as a 'calorie' rather than a kilo-calorie",
"category": "energy",
"scale": "4.1868e3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -2}
},
"BTU": {
"name": "British Thermal Unit",
"description": "Based on the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 lbm of water 1 degree Fahrenheit, defined in The Fifth International Conference on the Properties of Steam (London, July 1956) 'International Table'",
"category": "energy",
"scale": "1.05505585e3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -2}
},
"thm": {
"name": "Therm",
"description": "Unit of energy equal to 100 000 BTU, approximately the energy equivalent of burning 100 ft^3 of natural gas",
"category": "energy",
"scale": "1.05505585e8",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -2}
},
"Wh": {
"name": "Watt-hour",
"description": "Amount of energy dissipated by 1 Watt source over an hour",
"category": "energy",
"scale": "3.6e3",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -2}
},
"HPh": {
"name": "Horse Power Hour",
"description": "Amount of energy dissipated by a 1 HP source over an hour",
"category": "energy",
"scale": "2.68451953769617e6",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -2}
},
"ft-lb": {
"name": "Foot Pound-force",
"description": "Defined as 1 ft x 1 lbf, typically used to describe torques rather than energy",
"category": "energy",
"scale": "1.3558179483314",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -2},
"aliases": ["ft-lbf"]
},
"RSI": {
"name": "R Value (SI)",
"description": "Thermal insulation defined as 1 K m^2 / W",
"category": "insulation",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"mass": -1, "time": 3, "temperature": 1}
},
"RIP": {
"name": "R Value (Foot Pound)",
"description": "Thermal insulation defined as 1 Ra ft^2 hr / BTU",
"category": "insulation",
"scale": "1.7611018368230189e-1",
"dimensions": {"mass": -1, "time": 3, "temperature": 1}
},
"clo": {
"name": "Clothing",
"description": "Thermal insulation unit used in clothing design, defined as the amount of insulation that allows a person at rest to maintain thermal equilibrium in an 21 degC, normally ventilated room",
"category": "insulation",
"scale": "1.55e-1",
"dimensions": {"mass": -1, "time": 3, "temperature": 1}
},
"tog": {
"name": "Tog",
"description": "Thermal insulation unit defined as exactly 0.1 K m^2 / W",
"category": "insulation",
"scale": "1e-1",
"dimensions": {"mass": -1, "time": 3, "temperature": 1}
},
"W": {
"name": "Watt",
"description": "SI standard unit for energy, defined as 1 J / s",
"category": "power",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -3}
},
"PS": {
"name": "Metric Horsepower",
"description": "Defined as the amount of power to raise a mass of 75 kg against standard gravity over a distance of 1 meter in one second",
"category": "power",
"scale": "7.3549875e2",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -3}
},
"HP": {
"name": "Mechanical Horsepower",
"description": "Defined as 33 000 ft lbf / min",
"category": "power",
"scale": "7.4569987158227e2",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -3}
},
"P": {
"name": "Poise",
"description": "CGS unit for dynamic viscosity",
"category": "miscellaneous",
"scale": "1e-1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": -1, "time": -1}
},
"rhe": {
"name": "Rhe",
"description": "CGS unit for fluidity, equal to exactly 1 P^-1",
"category": "miscellaneous",
"scale": "1e1",
"dimensions": {"mass": -1, "length": 1, "time": 1}
},
"St": {
"name": "Stokes",
"description": "CGS unit for kinematic viscosity",
"category": "miscellaneous",
"scale": "1e-4",
"dimensions": {"length": 2, "time": -1}
},
"L": {
"name": "Liter",
"description": "Volume defined as 1 [d]m^3 or 10^-3 m^3",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "1e-3",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"tsp": {
"name": "Teaspoon",
"description": "US Customary volume unit that is close to 5 mL",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "4.92892159375e-6",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"tspm": {
"name": "Metric Teaspoon",
"description": "Based on the US Teaspoon, but defined as exactly 5 mL",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "5e-6",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"tbs": {
"name": "Tablespoon",
"description": "US Customary volume unit that is defined as 3 tsp",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "1.478676478125e-5",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"fl_oz": {
"name": "Fluid Ounce",
"description": "US Customary volume unit that is defined as 2 tbs",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "2.95735295625e-5",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"uk_fl_oz": {
"name": "UK Fluid Ounce",
"description": "Imperial unit approximately equal to the volume of 1 avoirdupois ounce of water",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "2.84130625e-5",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"cup": {
"name": "Cup",
"description": "US Customary volume unit that is defined as 8 fluid ounces",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "2.365882365e-4",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"pt": {
"name": "Pint",
"description": "US Customary volume unit that is defined as 2 cups",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "4.73176473e-4",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"uk_pt": {
"name": "UK Pint",
"description": "Imperial volume unit defined as 20 imperial ounces",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "5.6826125e-4",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"qt": {
"name": "Quart",
"description": "US Customary volume unit that is defined as 2 pints",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "9.46352946e-4",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"uk_qt": {
"name": "UK Quart",
"description": "Imperial volume unit defined as 2 UK pints",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "1.1365225e-3",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"gal": {
"name": "Gallon",
"description": "US Customary volume unit that is defined as 4 quarts",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "3.785411784e-3",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"uk_gal": {
"name": "UK Gallon",
"description": "Imperial volume unit defined as 4 UK quarts",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "4.54609e-3",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"bushel": {
"name": "Bushel",
"description": "Very old unit of volume that is associated with agricultural production, about 2150.42 in^3",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "3.523907016688e-2",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"bbl": {
"name": "Oil Barrel",
"description": "Defined internationally as 42 US Gallons, typically used in the oil industry",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "1.58987294928e-1",
"dimensions": {"length": 3},
"aliases": ["oilbarrel"]
},
"beerbarrel": {
"name": "US Beer Barrel",
"description": "Volume associated with beer trade in the US, equal to 31 US Gallons",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "1.17347765304e-1",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"uk_beerbarrel": {
"name": "Imperial Beer Barrel",
"description": "Appoximate volume of a barrel used for transporting beer in the UK, equal to 36 imperial gallons",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "1.6365924e-1",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"MTON": {
"name": "Measurement Ton",
"description": "Commonly used in the freight industry, equal to 40 ft^3",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "1.13267386368",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"GRT": {
"name": "Gross Register Tonnage",
"description": "commonly used in the freight industry equal to 100 ft^3",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "2.8316846592",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"gill": {
"name": "Gill",
"description": "US Customary unit of volume equal to 4 US fluid ounces",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "1.1829411825e-4",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"uk_gill": {
"name": "UK Gill",
"description": "Imperial unit equal to 5 Imperial (UK) fluid ounces",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "1.420653125e-4",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"peck": {
"name": "Peck",
"description": "US Customary unit for non-fluid volume, defined as 2 dry gallons",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "8.80976754172e-3",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"dry_gal": {
"name": "Dry Gallon",
"description": "US Customary unit for non-fluid volume, defined as exactly 268.8025 cubic inches",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "4.40488377086e-3",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"dry_qt": {
"name": "Dry Quart",
"description": "US Customary unit for non-fluid volume, defined as 1/4 of a dry gallon",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "1.101220942715e-3",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"dry_pt": {
"name": "Dry Pint",
"description": "US Customary unit for non-fluid volume, defined as 1/8 of a dry gallon",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "5.506104713575e-4",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"stere": {
"name": "Stere",
"description": "Equal to exactly 1 m^3, typically used to measure large quantities of firewood",
"category": "volume",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"length": 3}
},
"ar": {
"name": "Are",
"description": "Equal to 1/100 hectares or 100 m^2",
"category": "area",
"scale": "1e2",
"dimensions": {"length": 2}
},
"morgen": {
"name": "Morgen",
"description": "Traditionally the area able to be plowed in a single day by a single bladed plow and an ox or horse, it now is approximately equal to 1/4 of a hectare",
"category": "area",
"scale": "2.5e3",
"dimensions": {"length": 2}
},
"acre": {
"name": "Acre",
"description": "Traditionally defined as the amount of area that could be plowed in one day by a yoke of oxen, still in use in the US",
"category": "area",
"scale": "4.04687260987425e3",
"dimensions": {"length": 2},
"aliases": ["us_acre"]
},
"uk_acre": {
"name": "UK Acre",
"description": "Slightly different than the US Acre, used in the UK until 1995",
"category": "area",
"scale": "4.0468564224e3",
"dimensions": {"length": 2}
},
"ha": {
"name": "Hectare",
"description": "Internationally used metric unit for measurement of the area of land, equal to 1000 m^3",
"category": "area",
"scale": "1e4",
"dimensions": {"length": 2}
},
"barn": {
"name": "Barn",
"description": "Equal to 10^-28 m^2, originally used in nuclear physics for expressing the cross sectional area of nuclei and nuclear reactions",
"category": "area",
"scale": "1e-28",
"dimensions": {"length": 2}
},
"b": {
"name": "Bit",
"description": "Basic unit of information that can take one of 2 states (on/off, 0/1, high/low)",
"category": "information",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"information": 1},
"aliases": ["bit"]
},
"B": {
"name": "Byte",
"description": "Equal to 8 bits of information, commonly used in modern computing architectures",
"category": "information",
"scale": "8",
"dimensions": {"information": 1},
"aliases": ["byte"]
},
"word": {
"name": "Word",
"description": "Equal to 16 bits or 2 bytes",
"category": "information",
"scale": "16",
"dimensions": {"information": 1}
},
"dword": {
"name": "Double Word",
"description": "Equal to 32 bits, 4 bytes or 2 words",
"category": "information",
"scale": "32",
"dimensions": {"information": 1}
},
"baud": {
"name": "Baud Rate",
"description": "Rate of data transmission equal to 1 bit / second",
"category": "information",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"information": 1, "time": -1}
},
"A": {
"name": "Ampere",
"description": "SI standard unit for electric current, equal to 1 C/s",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"current": 1}
},
"C": {
"name": "Coulomb",
"description": "SI standard unit for electric charge defined as the amount of charge of exactly 6.2415093e18 elementary charges",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"current": 1, "time": 1}
},
"Ah": {
"name": "Amp Hour",
"description": "Charge collected from 1 Amp over 1 hour",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "3.6e3",
"dimensions": {"current": 1, "time": 1}
},
"e": {
"name": "Elementary Charge",
"description": "The electric charge carried by a single proton",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "1.602176634e-19",
"dimensions": {"current": 1, "time": 1}
},
"V": {
"name": "Volt",
"description": "Derived SI unit for electric potential, can be defined as J/C",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "current": -1, "time": -3}
},
"ohm": {
"name": "Ohm",
"description": "Derived SI unit for electrical resistance",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "current": -2, "time": -3}
},
"F": {
"name": "Farad",
"description": "Derived SI unit of electrical capacitance",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"time": 4, "current": 2, "length": -2, "mass": -1}
},
"H": {
"name": "Henry",
"description": "Derived SI unit for inductance",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"length": 2, "mass": 1, "time": -2, "current": -2}
},
"S": {
"name": "Siemens",
"description": "Derived SI unit for electrical conductance, equal to 1 / ohm",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"time": 3, "current": 2, "length": -2, "mass": -1},
"aliases": ["mho"]
},
"Wb": {
"name": "Weber",
"description": "SI unit for magnetic flux defined as 1 kg m^2 / (s^2 A)",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length":2, "time": -2, "current": -1}
},
"Mx": {
"name": "Maxwell",
"description": "CGS unit for magnetic flux defined as 1 g cm^2 / (s^2 A)",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "1e-8",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "length": 2, "time": -2, "current": -1}
},
"T": {
"name": "Tesla",
"description": "SI unit for magnetic flux density defined as 1 Wb / m^2",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "1",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "current": -1, "time": -2}
},
"Gs": {
"name": "Gauss",
"description": "CGS unit for magnetic flux density defined as 1 Mx / cm^2",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "1e-4",
"dimensions": {"mass": 1, "current": -1, "time": -2},
"aliases": ["gs"]
},
"Fr": {
"name": "Franklin",
"description": "Standard unit of electrical charge in the EMU-CGS units of measure",
"category": "electricity and magnetism",
"scale": "3.3356409519815207e-10",
"dimensions": {"current": 1, "time": 1}
},
"Gi": {
"name": "Gilbert",
"description": "Obsolete unit used in EMU-CGS systems to me