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Subject: [OASIS Issue Tracker] Commented: (OFFICE-2615) 5.16.18 CONVERT,what is "slug"
[ http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-2615?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=18272#action_18272 ] David Wheeler commented on OFFICE-2615: ---------------------------------------- One slug is the mass that will accelerate by one foot per second squared when acted on by one pound-force. Typically a "pound" is a weight (like SI's "Newton"), so if you need to measure *mass* you need a different unit. The traditional measure for mass in English customary (Imperial) units is "slug" (like SI's "kilogram"). Some people use pound-mass, but in my experience, if a speaker says "pound" they mean "weight" (if the speaker understands the difference at all). If you think that inches/feet/yards/miles, pounds and tons, acres, and so on is overly complicated, you're absolutely right. Those of you who live in countries that exclusively use SI are lucky :-). Perhaps functions like CONVERT will help more people use SI. > 5.16.18 CONVERT, what is "slug" > ------------------------------- > > Key: OFFICE-2615 > URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-2615 > Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: OpenFormula > Affects Versions: ODF 1.2 Part 2 CD 1 > Reporter: Bart Hanssens > Priority: Minor > > I've never heard of the unit "slug" before > Since most other Imperial units have some definition and/or measurement in metric units, it would be nice to add it here as well. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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