Abstract
Abstract
This letter considers the potential for confusion in the presentation and interpretation of measurement results caused by the existence of upper- and lower-case letter pairs for SI prefix symbols, an example of this being the newest prefix symbols Q & q and R & r, adopted at the 27th Meeting of the General Conference on Weights and Measures in November 2022. The requirements of digitalisation and machine readability, when making choices for new unit and prefix symbols, are also examined.
Funder
UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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