Matthew West wrote:
> Dear Ingvar,
>
> This sounds like an interesting challenge.
>
>> I am as aware of the contents of VIM as of the SI brochure, and
>> your
>> "n.b." makes exactly my point. What you might call "newton-meter as
>> a unit
>> alone", I prefer to call "nominal newton-meter". However, note that
>> only
>> some units can be called nominal units and tied to more than one
>> kind-of-quantity; many units are unambiguously tied only to one
>> kind-of-quantity.
>
> Could you give me a unit (or two) that you think only applies to one
> kind-of-quantity, and I'll see if I can identify another?
>
> Engineering is full of things like Maximum Allowable Working
> Temperature, which is certainly not a temperature (try measuring it with
> a thermometer). (01)
Why is maximum allowable temperature not a temperature? Just because
it isn't realized? It is a temperature specification. It is a quantity
even if it doesn't exist anywhere at any particular moment in time. (02)
But of course that is another issue and I still agree that a maximum
allowable temperature of this machine can not be well compared with
the water temperature of my pool -- but then they can if the machine
is meant to go into my pool (which I don't have) (03)
-Gunther (04)
--
Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Associate Professor Indiana University School of Informatics
Regenstrief Institute, Inc. Indiana University School of Medicine
tel:1(317)423-5521 http://aurora.regenstrief.org (05)
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