Cute SI unit symbol notes
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Isaac Dupree
Mar 26, 2013, 12:13:31 AM3/26/13
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cute pictures for all the common units for all the common magnitudes
a border that's symbolic of the kind of thing (dimension) it is
possible symbol ideas (not assigned to specific dimensions at present)
the sun
lightning
bicycles
pizza
cupcake
manual labor (er, should we not portray humans?)
hard hat
helmets
hammer
pliers
wrench
raincoat
sidewalks
trees
ferns
skyscraper
bubble ("Survivable")
thermometer
the earth as a marble
the earth as a cube
a clock
circle
slice of a circle
mountain
river
hamster wheel
stick of dynamite
book
clothing
waterfall
dam
satellite/parabolic dish
camera
cellular tower
nuclear radiation symbol
(biohazard symbol)
(fire diamond)
a bird wing
bird
(bee - too scary)
cricket
violin, drum, guitar, piano,...
hourglass
comet, meteor, whizzing celestial body
a galaxy
the moon
an autumn leaf (locale specific)
a tornado
rays of light
a cloud
double-paned glass
LED lightbulb
CFL
a carrot
earthworm
a bacterium
algae
a bunny
a turtle
an ingot
a reusable bag
the recycling symbol
electrical & electronic plugs (e.g. 120V, USB, concentric, 3.5mm, etc)
a refrigerator
an ice cube
iceberg
magma, lava
a volcano (erupting)
a glacier
a hurricane(?)
a train
a bus
a quarry
a disembodied eye
the ocean
an adobe brick
radio waves
radio
water waves
vernal pool
tidal pool
tadpole
Likely dimensions:
Energy
Power
Acceleration
Velocity
Distance
Time
Momentum
Volume
Area
Pressure
Mass
Force
Frequency
Temperature
Density
(omitting Ampere-based units; and the units of sound and light are
anthropocentric)
(mol?)
Angle
Angular blah
frame: what dimension it is
a specific size+dimension symbol
a neutral numeric descriptor
the sky
the ozone layer
the tides
meterstick/yardstick/footruler
aerodynamicness
thermal insulativeness/conductivity
density
angle
Mostly leave out electrical circuit / electromagnetism physics because
it's mostly disconnected from the other kinds of physics. Even Feynman
didn't find any clever way to talk about electromagnetism!
Energy:
1 MJ: cupcake, slice of pizza (aesthetic choice: with lots of toppings
and not specified whether it contains meat, because either choice would
pointlessly annoy people who like meat or don't eat meat)
1-10 GJ: a lightning bolt
Power:
1 kJ: electric bicycle max output
a border that's symbolic of the kind of thing (dimension) it is
possible symbol ideas (not assigned to specific dimensions at present)
the sun
lightning
bicycles
pizza
cupcake
manual labor (er, should we not portray humans?)
hard hat
helmets
hammer
pliers
wrench
raincoat
sidewalks
trees
ferns
skyscraper
bubble ("Survivable")
thermometer
the earth as a marble
the earth as a cube
a clock
circle
slice of a circle
mountain
river
hamster wheel
stick of dynamite
book
clothing
waterfall
dam
satellite/parabolic dish
camera
cellular tower
nuclear radiation symbol
(biohazard symbol)
(fire diamond)
a bird wing
bird
(bee - too scary)
cricket
violin, drum, guitar, piano,...
hourglass
comet, meteor, whizzing celestial body
a galaxy
the moon
an autumn leaf (locale specific)
a tornado
rays of light
a cloud
double-paned glass
LED lightbulb
CFL
a carrot
earthworm
a bacterium
algae
a bunny
a turtle
an ingot
a reusable bag
the recycling symbol
electrical & electronic plugs (e.g. 120V, USB, concentric, 3.5mm, etc)
a refrigerator
an ice cube
iceberg
magma, lava
a volcano (erupting)
a glacier
a hurricane(?)
a train
a bus
a quarry
a disembodied eye
the ocean
an adobe brick
radio waves
radio
water waves
vernal pool
tidal pool
tadpole
Likely dimensions:
Energy
Power
Acceleration
Velocity
Distance
Time
Momentum
Volume
Area
Pressure
Mass
Force
Frequency
Temperature
Density
(omitting Ampere-based units; and the units of sound and light are
anthropocentric)
(mol?)
Angle
Angular blah
frame: what dimension it is
a specific size+dimension symbol
a neutral numeric descriptor
the sky
the ozone layer
the tides
meterstick/yardstick/footruler
aerodynamicness
thermal insulativeness/conductivity
density
angle
Mostly leave out electrical circuit / electromagnetism physics because
it's mostly disconnected from the other kinds of physics. Even Feynman
didn't find any clever way to talk about electromagnetism!
Energy:
1 MJ: cupcake, slice of pizza (aesthetic choice: with lots of toppings
and not specified whether it contains meat, because either choice would
pointlessly annoy people who like meat or don't eat meat)
1-10 GJ: a lightning bolt
Power:
1 kJ: electric bicycle max output
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