Element unit

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

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Attributes

Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain unit: indexinline, inline, miscinline

Description

Inserts a physical quantity, see tbook's simple formula syntax.

<unit>3 m</unit>

yields in LaTeX “$3$,m”. So it guarantees a neat skip between number and unit, and for configurations with different fonts for number in- and outside mathematics it chooses the correct one. Further advantage: Things like

The gravitational constant is 
<unit>6.672·10^{-11} m^3 kg^{-1} s^2</unit>.

(notice the spaces!) yields

The gravitational constant is 6.672 · 10⁻¹¹ m³kg⁻¹s².

So, units in upshape with small skips inbetween. You must assure that the first space is between the number and the unit, or alternatively you must put a “~” between number and unit.

For the explicit namespace see <m> above. It makes it possible to be used inside MathML's <math>.

Parents

aphorism, caption, cell, cite, closing, em, footnote, heading, idx, item, ix, ix2, legalnotice, mathref, multipar, opening, p, pageref, proof, psfrag, quote, ref, subject, subtitle, term, theorem, title, to, verse, visual, vref, wrap