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Formula nomenclature is a system of names or terms represented by letters and the Greek alphabet assigned to represent equation physical quantities.  Definition symbols vary widely and do not necessarily represent the information being presented the way an abbreviation does.  These alphabetical lists contain symbols, greek symbols, definitions, US units, metric units, dimensionless numbers, constants, and constant values.

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Unit Equalities

Symbol English Metric SI
 Ampere  -  \(A\), \(\;I\)
 -  \(I\)  =  \(\large{\frac{C}{s}}\)  \(C - s^{-1}\)
 Btu  -  \(Btu\)  \(Btu\)  =  \(lbf-ft\)  \(Btu\)  =  \(J\)  =  \(kJ\)  =  \(W-h\)  \(J\)
 Celsius  -  \(C\)  -  \(C\)   \(x+273.15\;K\)
 Coulomb  -  \(C\)  -  \(C\)  =  \(A-s\)   \(A-s\)
 Farad  -  \(F\)  -  \(F\)  =  \(\large{\frac{s^4-A^2}{kg-m^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{S^2-C^2}{kg-m^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{C}{V}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{A-s}{V}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{W-s}{V^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{J}{V^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{N-m}{V^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{C^2}{J}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{C^2}{N-m}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{S}{\Omega}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{1}{\Omega-Hz}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{S}{Hz}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{s^2}{H}}\)  \(s^4-A^2-kg^{-1}-m^{-2}\)
 Gauss -  \(G\)  -  \(G\)  =  \(\large{\frac{T}{10^4}}\)  =  \(Mx-cm^2\)  =  \(\large{\frac{g}{Bi-s^2}}\)  \(T-10^{-4}\)
 Henry -  \(H\)  -  \(H\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg-m^2}{s^2-A^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{N-m}{A^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg-m^2}{C^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{J}{A^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{T-m^2}{A}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{Wb}{A}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{V-s}{A}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{s^2}{F}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{\Omega}{Hz}}\)  =  \(\Omega-s\)  \(kg-m^2-s^{-2}-A^{-2}\)
 Hertz -  \(Hz\)  -  \(Hz\)  =  \(s^{-1}\) (one cycle per sec)  \(s^{-1}\)
 Horespower -  \(hp\)  \(hp\)  \(hp\)  =  \(W\)  \(W\)
 Joule -  \(J\)  \(lbf-ft\)  \(J\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg-m^2}{s^2}}\)  =  \(N-m\)  =  \(Pa-m^3\)  =  \(W-s\)  =  \(C-V\)  =  \(\Omega-A^2-s\)  \(kg-m^2-s^{-2}\)
 Joule-sec -  \(J-s\)  \(\large{\frac{lbf-ft}{sec}}\)  \(J-s\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg-m^2}{s}}\)  \(kg-m^2-s^{-1}\)
 Kelvin -  \(K\)  -  \(K\)  \(x-273.15\;C\)
 Maxwell -  \(Mx\)  -  \(Mx\)  =  \(\large{\frac{Wb}{10^{8}}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{G}{cm^2}}\)  \(Wb-10^{-8}\)
 Newton -  \(N\)  \(lbf\)  \(N\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg-m}{s^2}}\)  \(kg-m-s^{-2}\)
 Newton-meter -  \(N-m\)  \(lbf-ft\)  \(N-m\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg-m^2}{s^2}}\)  \(kg-m^2-s^{-2}\)
 Ohm -  \((\Omega)\), \(\;(R)\)  -  \(\Omega\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg-m^2}{s^3-A^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg-m^2}{s-C^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{J}{s-A^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{V}{A}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{1}{S}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{W}{A^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{V^2}{W}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{s}{F}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{H}{s}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{J-s}{C^2}}\) \(kg-m^2-s^{-3}-A^{-2}\)
 Poise -  \(P\)   \(\large{\frac{lbf}{ft-sec}}\)  \(P\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg}{0.1\;m-s}}\)  =  \(1\;dyn-s-cm^2\)  =  \(\large{\frac{N-s}{m^2}}\)  \(kg-0.1\;m^{-1}-s^{-1}\)
 Pascal -  \(Pa\)   \(\large{\frac{lbf}{in^2}}\)  \(Pa\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg}{m-s^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{N}{m^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{J}{m^3}}\)  \(kg-m^{-1}-s^{-2}\)
 Pascal-sec -  \(Pa-s\)   \(\large{\frac{lbf-sec}{ft^2}}\)  \(Pa-s\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg}{m-s}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{N-s}{m^2}}\)  =  \(10\;P\)  \(kg-m^{-1}-s^{-1}\)
 MegaPascal -  \(MPa\)   \(\large{\frac{lbf}{in^2}}\)  \(MPa\)  =  \(\large{\frac{N}{mm^2}}\)  \(N-mm^{-2}\)
 Siemens -  \(S\)  -  \(S\)  =  \(\large{\frac{s^3-A^2}{kg-m^2}}\) \(s^3-A^2-kg^{-1}-m^{-2}\)
 Tesla -  \(T\)  -  \(T\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg}{s^2-A}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{V-s}{m^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{N}{A-m}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{J}{A-m^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{H-A}{m^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{Wb}{m^2}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg}{C-s}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{N-s}{C-m}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg}{A-s^2}}\)  \(kg-s^{-2}-A^{-1}\)
 Torr -  \(Torr\)  -  \(Torr\)  =  \(Pa\)  \(kg-m^{-1}-s^{-2}\)
 Volt -  \(V\)  -

 \(V\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg-m^2}{s^{3}-A}}\)  =  \(A-\Omega\)  =  \(\large{\frac{Wb}{s}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{W}{A}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{J}{C}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{eV}{e}}\)

  • eV = electronvolt
  • e = elementary charge
 \(kg-m^2-s^{-3}-A^{-1}\)
 Watt -  \((W)\), \(\;(P)\)  \(\large{\frac{lbf-ft^2}{ssec^3}}\)  \(W\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg-m^2}{s^3}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{J}{s}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{N-m}{s}}\)  \(kg-m^2-s^{-3}\)
 Weber -  \(Wb\)  \(\large{\frac{V}{sec}}\)  \(Wb\)  =  \(\large{\frac{kg-m^2}{s^2-A}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{N-m}{A}}\)  =  \(\large{\frac{J}{A}}\)  =  \(\Omega-C\)  =  \(V-s\)  =  \(H-S\)  =  \(T-m^2\)  =  \(10^8-Mx\)  \(kg-m^2-s^{-2}-A^{-1}\)
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