diff --git a/definitions.units b/definitions.units index 59ef716..b1a815b 100644 --- a/definitions.units +++ b/definitions.units @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ treble- 3 kibi- 2^10 # In response to the improper and confusing mebi- 2^20 # use of SI prefixes for powers of two, gibi- 2^30 # the International Electrotechnical -tebi- 2^40 # Commission aproved these binary prefixes +tebi- 2^40 # Commission approved these binary prefixes pebi- 2^50 # in IEC 60027-2 Amendment 2 (1999). exbi- 2^60 zebi- 2^70 # Zebi- and yobi- were added in the 2005 ed., @@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ bar 1e5 Pa # About 1 atm b bar vac millibar micron micrometer # One millionth of a meter -bicron picometer # One brbillionth of a meter +bicron picometer # One billionth of a meter cc cm^3 are 100 m^2 a are @@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ Da dalton # true (with the 2019 SI). # Previously the mole was defined to # make this relationship exact. amu_chem 1.66026e-27 kg # 1|16 of the weighted average mass of - # the 3 naturally occuring neutral + # the 3 naturally occurring neutral # isotopes of oxygen amu_phys 1.65981e-27 kg # 1|16 of the mass of a neutral # oxygen 16 atom @@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ gravity 9.80665 m/s^2 # std acceleration of gravity (exact) # by measuring at the International # Bureau and correcting the # measurement by a theoretical - # cofficient to get the 45 deg + # coefficient to get the 45 deg # latitude sea level value. # (Wikipedia: Standard gravity) force gravity # use to turn masses into forces @@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ deuteronmass 2.013553212745 u # Nucleus of deuterium, one m_d deuteronmass # proton and one neutron alphaparticlemass 4.001506179127 u # Nucleus of He, two protons m_alpha alphaparticlemass # and two neutrons -tritonmass 3.01550071621 u # Nucleius of H3, one proton +tritonmass 3.01550071621 u # Nucleus of H3, one proton m_t tritonmass # and two neutrons helionmass 3.014932247175 u # Nucleus of He3, two protons m_h helionmass # and one neutron @@ -3310,7 +3310,7 @@ coffeeratio 55 g/L # ± 10% # -# Water is "hard" if it contains various minerals, expecially calcium +# Water is "hard" if it contains various minerals, especially calcium # carbonate. # @@ -4813,7 +4813,7 @@ chevalvapeur metrichorsepower # Heat Transfer # # Thermal conductivity, K, measures the rate of heat transfer across -# a material. The heat transfered is +# a material. The heat transferred is # Q = K dT A t / L # where dT is the temperature difference across the material, A is the # cross sectional area, t is the time, and L is the length (thickness). @@ -5271,7 +5271,7 @@ point computerpoint computerpica 12 computerpoint # to an even 1|72 inch by computer postscriptpoint computerpoint # people at some point. pspoint postscriptpoint -twip 1|20 point # TWentieth of an Imperial Point +twip 1|20 point # Twentieth of an Imperial Point Q 1|4 mm # Used in Japanese phototypesetting # Q is for quarter frenchprinterspoint olddidotpoint @@ -5551,7 +5551,7 @@ drop 1|20 ml # The drop was an old "unit" that was # drops per ml is actually used. bloodunit 450 ml # For whole blood. For blood # components, a blood unit is the - # quanity of the component found in a + # quantity of the component found in a # blood unit of whole blood. The # human body contains about 12 blood # units of whole blood. @@ -6226,7 +6226,7 @@ screwgauge(g) units=[1;m] range=[0,) \ # fractions of particles that are passed or retained by different mesh # sizes. As a result, it is not possible to make precise comparisons # of different grit standards. The tables below allow the -# determination of rough equivlants by using median particle size. +# determination of rough equivalents by using median particle size. # # Standards in the USA are determined by the Unified Abrasives # Manufacturers' Association (UAMA), which resulted from the merger of @@ -6669,7 +6669,7 @@ meshbritish[micron] \ # French system, AFNOR NFX11-501: 1970 # The system appears to be based on size doubling every 3 mesh -# numbers, though the values have been agressively rounded. +# numbers, though the values have been aggressively rounded. # It's not clear if the unrounded values would be considered # incorrect, so this is given as a table rather than a function. # Functional form: @@ -7317,7 +7317,7 @@ fen_area 1|10 jia # Protection against future collisions # Japanese architecture is based on a "standard" size of tatami mat. # Room sizes today are given in number of tatami, and this number -# determines the spacing between colums and hence sizes of sliding +# determines the spacing between columns and hence sizes of sliding # doors and paper screens. However, every region has its own slightly # different tatami size. Edoma, used in and around Tokyo and # Hokkaido, is becoming a nationwide standard. Kyouma is used around