ISO 31-1

'ISO 31-1' is the part of international standard ISO 31 that defines names and symbols for quantities and units related to ''space and time''.
Its definitions include:
Quantity Unit Remarks
NameSymbolNameSymbolDefinition
angle,
(plane angle)
''α'', ''β'', ''γ'', ''θ'', ''φ''radianrad1 rad = 1 m/m = 1
degree°1° = π/180 rad There is no space between the number and these superscript-style unit symbols. Decimal subdivision of degrees is preferable (i.e., 12.5° instead of 12°30′)
arcminute1′ = (1/60)°
arcsecond1″ = (1/60)′
solid angle''Ω''steradiansr1 sr = 1 m²/m² = 1
length''l'', ''L''metremThe metre is the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second; see speed of light
breadth''b''
height''h''
thickness''d'', ''δ''
radius''r'', ''R''
diameter''d'', ''D''
length of path''s''
distance''d'', ''r''
cartesian coordinates''x'', ''y'', ''z''
radius of curvature''ϱ''
curvature''ϰ''reciprocal metrem−1 ''ϰ''=1/''ϱ''
area''A''square metre The units are (1 a = 100 m²) and hectare (1 ha = 100 a) are used for agrarian areas.
volume''V''cubic metre
litrel, L1 l = 1 dm³
time, time interval, duration''t''secondsThe second is the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atomRepresentations of time of day are defined in ISO 8601.
minutemin1 min = 60 s
hourh1 h = 60 min = 3 600 s
dayd1 d = 24 h = 86 400 s
angular velocity''ω''radian per secondrad/s ''ω''=d''φ''/d''t''
angular acceleration''α''radian per second squaredrad/s² ''α''=d''ω''/d''t''
velocity''v'' (general symbol),
''c'' (propagation speed of waves),
''u'', ''v'', ''w'' (vector components of a velocity ''c'')
metre per secondm/s
acceleration''a''metre per second squaredm/s²
acceleration of free fall, acceleration due to gravity''g''

Annex A of ISO 31-1 lists units of space and time based on the foot, pound and second. Annex B lists some other non-SI units of space and time, namely the gon, light year, astronomical unit, parsec, tropical year, and gal.

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