| ▲ | badlibrarian 2 days ago | |
That a unit of power has a dozen metric abbreviations and converts to watts at different values depending on what it is measuring (and when) is precisely the point. Decibels aren't ridicluous or a unit of measure. Horsepower, however... | ||
| ▲ | thaumasiotes a day ago | parent [-] | |
> That a unit of power has a dozen metric abbreviations and converts to watts at different values depending on what it is measuring (and when) is precisely the point. How is that point illustrated by an extended digression on the words for the unit in various different languages? | ||