Template:GravEngAbs/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:GravEngAbs.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Usage

Table of the three approaches to mass, force and weight in measurement systems.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Systems to show	`system`	This parameter allows to restrict the table to either ‘metric’ or ‘English’ units, ‘both’ are shown by default. Default both Example English, FPS, US, SI, metric	Line	optional
Show unit symbols	`symbols`	This parameter if set to anything replaces the unit names by their symbols. Example on, yes, true, 1	Line	optional

See the /testcases subpage for the results of the system parameter.

Examples

{{GravEngAbs|system=English|symbols=true}}

Three approaches to English units of mass and force or weight^[1]^[2]
v t e Base	Force	Weight	Mass
2nd law of motion	$m = .mw-parser-output .sfrac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .sfrac.tion,.mw-parser-output .sfrac .tion{display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.5em;font-size:85%;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .num{display:block;line-height:1em;margin:0.0em 0.1em;border-bottom:1px solid}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .den{display:block;line-height:1em;margin:0.1em 0.1em}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}⁠F/a⁠$	$F = ⁠ W \cdot a / g ⁠$	$F = m \cdot a$
System	British Gravitational (BG)	English Engineering (EE)	Absolute English (AE)
Acceleration (a)	ft/s²	ft/s²	ft/s²
Mass (m)	slug	lb_m	lb
Force (F), weight (W)	lb	lb_F	pdl
Pressure (p)	lb/in²	psi	pdl/ft²

{{GravEngAbs|system=metric|symbols=true}}

Three approaches to metric units of mass and force or weight^[3]^[4]
v t e Base	Force	Weight	Mass
2nd law of motion	$m = ⁠ F / a ⁠$	$F = ⁠ W \cdot a / g ⁠$	$F = m \cdot a$
System	GM	M	CGS	MTS	SI
Acceleration (a)	m/s²	m/s²	Gal	m/s²	m/s²
Mass (m)	hyl	kg	g	t	kg
Force (F), weight (W)	kp	kp	dyn	sn	N
Pressure (p)	at	atm	Ba	pz	Pa

Labels

System names
Abbreviation	Name
BG	British Gravitational System
GM	Gravitational metric system
EE	English Engineering Units
M	Metric system
AE	Absolute English System
CGS	centimetre–gram–second system of units
MTS	metre–tonne–second system of units
SI	International System of Units (French: Système international)

Previous, inappropriate designations
Mass	Force	Weight
science	engineering
scientific	technical	colloquial
absolute		gravitational
coherent		incoherent

The template table previously included rows that provided common labels or descriptions for the three approaches, as seen in this table. (Note that columns are not in the same order as in the template itself.) This was deemed inappropriate and should be discussed in surrounding prose where necessary.

^ Comings, E. W. (1940). "English Engineering Units and Their Dimensions". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 32 (7): 984–987. doi:10.1021/ie50367a028.
^ Klinkenberg, Adrian (1969). "The American Engineering System of Units and Its Dimensional Constant g_c". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 61 (4): 53–59. doi:10.1021/ie50712a010.
^ Comings, E. W. (1940). "English Engineering Units and Their Dimensions". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 32 (7): 984–987. doi:10.1021/ie50367a028.
^ Klinkenberg, Adrian (1969). "The American Engineering System of Units and Its Dimensional Constant g_c". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 61 (4): 53–59. doi:10.1021/ie50712a010.

[1] Comings, E. W. (1940). "English Engineering Units and Their Dimensions". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 32 (7): 984–987. doi:10.1021/ie50367a028.

[2] Klinkenberg, Adrian (1969). "The American Engineering System of Units and Its Dimensional Constant g_c". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 61 (4): 53–59. doi:10.1021/ie50712a010.

[3] Comings, E. W. (1940). "English Engineering Units and Their Dimensions". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 32 (7): 984–987. doi:10.1021/ie50367a028.

[4] Klinkenberg, Adrian (1969). "The American Engineering System of Units and Its Dimensional Constant g_c". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 61 (4): 53–59. doi:10.1021/ie50712a010.

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