javax.units
Class NonSI

java.lang.Object
  javax.units.NonSI

public final class NonSI

extends java.lang.Object

This class contains units that are not part of the International System of Units, that is, they are outside the SI, but are important and widely used.

Version:

6.0, June 12, 2004

Author:

Jean-Marie Dautelle

Field Summary

static Unit	AEON A unit of duration equal to 1E9 YEAR.
static Unit	ANGSTROM A unit of length equal to 1E-10 m (default label Å).
static Unit	ARE A unit of area equal to 100 m² (default label a).
static Unit	ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT A unit of length equal to the average distance from the center of the Earth to the center of the Sun (default label ua).
static Unit	ATMOSPHERE A unit of pressure equal to the average pressure of the Earth's atmosphere at sea level (default label atm).
static Unit	ATOM A unit of amount of substance equals to one atom (default label atom).
static Unit	ATOMIC_MASS A unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of the carbon-12 atom (default label u).
static Unit	BAR A unit of pressure equal to 100 kPa (default label bar).
static Unit	BARN A unit of area equal to 100 fm² (default label b).
static Unit	BOHR A unit of length equal to the mean distance between the proton and the electron in an unexcited hydrogen atom (default label Bohr).
static Unit	BTU A unit of energy equal to 1055.056 J (default label Btu).
static Unit	BTU_MEAN A unit of energy equal to 1055.87 J, mean (default label Btu_mean).
static Unit	BTU_TH A unit of energy equal to 1054.350 J, thermochemical (default label Btu_th).
static Unit	BYTE A unit of data amount equal to 8 SI.BIT (BinarY TErm, default label byte).
static Unit	C A unit of velocity relative to the speed of light (default label c).
static Unit	CALORIE A unit of energy equal to 4.1868 J (default label cal).
static Unit	CARAT A unit of mass equal to 200 mg (default label carat).
static Unit	CENTIRADIAN A unit of angle equal to 0.01 SI.RADIAN (default label centiradian).
static Unit	CICERO A unit of length equal to 12 DIDOT (default label cicero).
static Unit	COMPUTER_POINT Equivalent PIXEL
static Unit	CUP_UK A unit of volume equal to 10 FLUID_OUNCE_UK (default label cup_uk).
static Unit	CUP_US A unit of volume equal to 8 FLUID_OUNCE_US (default label cup_us).
static Unit	CURIE A unit of radioctive activity equal to the activity of a gram of radium (default label Ci).
static Unit	DAY A unit of duration equal to 24 HOUR (default label d).
static Unit	DAY_SIDEREAL A unit of duration equal to the time required for a complete rotation of the earth in reference to any star or to the vernal equinox at the meridian, equal to 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.09 seconds (default label day_sidereal).
static Unit	DECIBEL A logarithmic unit used to describe a ratio (default label dB).
static Unit	DEGREE_ANGLE A unit of angle equal to 1/360 REVOLUTION (default label °).
static Unit	DIDOT A unit of length equal to 0.37592e-3 m (default label Didot).
static Unit	DYNE A unit of force equal to 1E-5 N (default label dyn).
static Unit	E A unit of electric charge equal to the charge on one electron (default label e).
static Unit	ELECTRON_MASS A unit of mass equal to the mass of the electron (default label me).
static Unit	ELECTRON_VOLT A unit of energy equal to one electron-volt (default label eV, also recognized keV, MeV, GeV).
static Unit	ERG A unit of energy equal to 1E-7 J (default label erg).
static Unit	FAHRENHEIT A unit of temperature equal to degree Rankine minus 459.67 °R (default label °F).
static Unit	FARADAY A unit of electric charge equal to equal to the product of Avogadro's number (see SI.MOLE) and the charge (1 e) on a single electron (default label Fd).
static Unit	FLUID_OUNCE_UK A unit of volume equal to 1 / 160 GALLON_UK (default label oz_fl_uk).
static Unit	FLUID_OUNCE_US A unit of volume equal to 1 / 16 PINT_LIQUID_US (default label oz_fl).
static Unit	FOOT A unit of length equal to 0.3048 m (default label ft).
static Unit	FRANKLIN A unit of electric charge which exerts a force of one dyne on an equal charge at a distance of one centimeter (default label Fr).
static Unit	G A unit of acceleration equal to the gravity at the earth's surface (default label grav).
static Unit	GALILEO A unit of acceleration equal to an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second.
static Unit	GALLON_DRY_US A unit of volume equal to one US dry gallon.
static Unit	GALLON_LIQUID_US A unit of volume equal to one US gallon, Liquid Unit.
static Unit	GALLON_UK A unit of volume equal to 4.546 09 LITER (default label gal_uk).
static Unit	GAUSS A unit of magnetic flux density equal 1000 A/m (default label G).
static Unit	GILBERT A unit of electric charge equal to the centimeter-gram-second electromagnetic unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 10/4 πampere-turn (default label Gi).
static Unit	GRADE A unit of angle measure equal to 1/400 REVOLUTION (default label grade).
static Unit	HECTARE A unit of area equal to 100 ARE (default label ha).
static Unit	HORSEPOWER A unit of power equal to the power required to raise a mass of 75 kilograms at a velocity of 1 meter per second (metric, default label hp).
static Unit	HOUR A unit of duration equal to 60 MINUTE (default label h).
static Unit	INCH A unit of length equal to 0.0254 m (default label in).
static Unit	INCH_OF_MERCURY A unit of pressure equal to the pressure exerted at the Earth's surface by a column of mercury 1 inch high (default label inHg).
static Unit	KILOCALORIE A unit of energy equal to one kilo-calorie (default label Cal).
static Unit	KILOGRAM_FORCE A unit of force equal to 9.80665 N (default label kgf).
static Unit	KNOT A unit of velocity equal to one NAUTICAL_MILE per HOUR.
static Unit	LAMBERT A unit of illuminance equal to 1E4 Lx (default label La).
static Unit	LIGHT_YEAR A unit of length equal to the distance that light travels in one year through a vacuum (default label ly).
static Unit	LITER A unit of volume equal to one cubic decimeter (default label L, also recognized µL, mL, cL, dL).
static Unit	MACH A unit of velocity to express the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound (default label Mach).
static Unit	MAXWELL A unit of magnetic flux equal 1E-8 Wb (default label Mx).
static Unit	METRIC_TON A unit of mass equal to 1000 kg (metric ton, default label t).
static Unit	MILE A unit of length equal to 1609.344 m (default label mi).
static Unit	MILLIBAR A unit of pressure equal to 1E-3 BAR (default label mbar).
static Unit	MILLIMETER_OF_MERCURY A unit of pressure equal to the pressure exerted at the Earth's surface by a column of mercury 1 millimeter high (default label mmHg).
static Unit	MINUTE A unit of duration equal to 60 s (default label min).
static Unit	MINUTE_ANGLE A unit of angle equal to 1/60 DEGREE_ANGLE (default label ′).
static Unit	MONTH A unit of duration equal to one twelfth of a year (default label month).
static Unit	NAUTICAL_MILE A unit of length equal to 1852.0 m (default label nmi).
static Unit	OCTET Equivalent BYTE
static Unit	OUNCE A unit of mass equal to 1 / 16 POUND (default label oz).
static Unit	PARSEC A unit of length equal to the distance at which a star would appear to shift its position by one arcsecond over the course the time (about 3 months) in which the Earth moves a distance of ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT in the direction perpendicular to the direction to the star (default label pc).
static Unit	PERCENT A dimensionless unit equals to 0.01 (default label %).
static Unit	PICA A unit of length equal to 12 POINT (default label pi).
static Unit	PINT_DRY_US A unit of volume equal to 1 / 8 GALLON_DRY_US (default label pint_dry_us).
static Unit	PINT_LIQUID_US A unit of volume equal to 1 / 8 GALLON_LIQUID_US (default label pint).
static Unit	PINT_UK A unit of volume equal to 1 / 8 GALLON_UK (default label pint_uk).
static Unit	PIXEL A unit of length equal to 1/72 INCH (default label pixel).
static Unit	POINT A unit of length equal to 0.013837 INCH exactly (default label pt).
static Unit	POUND A unit of mass equal to 453.59237 grams (avoirdupois pound, default label lb).
static Unit	POUND_FORCE A unit of force equal to POUND·G (default label lbf).
static Unit	RAD A unit of radiation dose absorbed equal to a dose of 0.01 joule of energy per kilogram of mass (J/kg) (default label rd).
static Unit	RANKINE A unit of temperature equal to 5/9 °K (default label °R).
static Unit	REM A unit of radiation dose effective equal to 0.01 Sv (default label rem).
static Unit	REVOLUTION A unit of angle equal to a full circle or 2π SI.RADIAN (default label rev).
static Unit	ROENTGEN A unit used to measure the ionizing ability of radiation (default label Roentgen).
static Unit	RUTHERFORD A unit of radioctive activity equal to 1 million radioactive disintegrations per second (default label Rd).
static Unit	SECOND_ANGLE A unit of angle equal to 1/60 MINUTE_ANGLE (default label ").
static Unit	SPHERE A unit of solid angle equal to 4 π steradians (default label sphere).
static Unit	TABLESPOON_AU A unit of volume equal to 20.0 mL (Australian tablespoon, (default label tablespoon_au).
static Unit	TABLESPOON_UK A unit of volume equal to one 5 / 8 FLUID_OUNCE_UK (default label tablespoon_uk).
static Unit	TABLESPOON_US A unit of volume equal to 1 / 2 FLUID_OUNCE_US (default label tablespoon_us).
static Unit	TEASPOON_UK A unit of volume equal to 1 / 6 FLUID_OUNCE_UK (default label teaspoon_uk).
static Unit	TEASPOON_US A unit of volume equal to 1 / 6 FLUID_OUNCE_US (default label teaspoon_us).
static Unit	THERM A unit of energy equal to 105.4804E6 J (approximation, default label thm).
static Unit	TON_UK A unit of mass equal to 2240 POUND (long ton, default label ton_uk).
static Unit	TON_US A unit of mass equal to 2000 POUND (short ton, default label ton_us).
static Unit	WEEK A unit of duration equal to 7 DAY (default label week).
static Unit	YARD A unit of length equal to 0.9144 m (default label yd).
static Unit	YEAR A unit of duration equal to 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds (default label year).
static Unit	YEAR_CALENDAR A unit of duration equal to 365 DAY (default label year_calendar).
static Unit	YEAR_SIDEREAL A unit of duration equal to one complete revolution of the earth about the sun, relative to the fixed stars, or 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 9.54 seconds (default label year_sidereal).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PERCENT

public static final Unit PERCENT

A dimensionless unit equals to 0.01 (default label %).

DECIBEL

public static final Unit DECIBEL

A logarithmic unit used to describe a ratio (default label dB).

GALILEO

public static final Unit GALILEO

A unit of acceleration equal to an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second.

G

public static final Unit G

A unit of acceleration equal to the gravity at the earth's surface (default label grav).

ATOM

public static final Unit ATOM

A unit of amount of substance equals to one atom (default label atom).

REVOLUTION

public static final Unit REVOLUTION

A unit of angle equal to a full circle or 2π SI.RADIAN (default label rev).

DEGREE_ANGLE

public static final Unit DEGREE_ANGLE

A unit of angle equal to 1/360 REVOLUTION (default label °).

MINUTE_ANGLE

public static final Unit MINUTE_ANGLE

A unit of angle equal to 1/60 DEGREE_ANGLE (default label ′).

SECOND_ANGLE

public static final Unit SECOND_ANGLE

A unit of angle equal to 1/60 MINUTE_ANGLE (default label ").

CENTIRADIAN

public static final Unit CENTIRADIAN

A unit of angle equal to 0.01 SI.RADIAN (default label centiradian).

GRADE

public static final Unit GRADE

A unit of angle measure equal to 1/400 REVOLUTION (default label grade).

ARE

public static final Unit ARE

A unit of area equal to 100 m² (default label a).

HECTARE

public static final Unit HECTARE

A unit of area equal to 100 ARE (default label ha).

BARN

public static final Unit BARN

A unit of area equal to 100 fm² (default label b).

BYTE

public static final Unit BYTE

A unit of data amount equal to 8 SI.BIT (BinarY TErm, default label byte).

OCTET

public static final Unit OCTET

Equivalent BYTE

MINUTE

public static final Unit MINUTE

A unit of duration equal to 60 s (default label min).

HOUR

public static final Unit HOUR

A unit of duration equal to 60 MINUTE (default label h).

DAY

public static final Unit DAY

A unit of duration equal to 24 HOUR (default label d).

WEEK

public static final Unit WEEK

A unit of duration equal to 7 DAY (default label week).

YEAR

public static final Unit YEAR

A unit of duration equal to 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds (default label year).

MONTH

public static final Unit MONTH

A unit of duration equal to one twelfth of a year (default label month).

DAY_SIDEREAL

public static final Unit DAY_SIDEREAL

A unit of duration equal to the time required for a complete rotation of the earth in reference to any star or to the vernal equinox at the meridian, equal to 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.09 seconds (default label day_sidereal).

YEAR_SIDEREAL

public static final Unit YEAR_SIDEREAL

A unit of duration equal to one complete revolution of the earth about the sun, relative to the fixed stars, or 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 9.54 seconds (default label year_sidereal).

YEAR_CALENDAR

public static final Unit YEAR_CALENDAR

A unit of duration equal to 365 DAY (default label year_calendar).

AEON

public static final Unit AEON

A unit of duration equal to 1E9 YEAR.

E

public static final Unit E

A unit of electric charge equal to the charge on one electron (default label e).

FARADAY

public static final Unit FARADAY

A unit of electric charge equal to equal to the product of Avogadro's number (see SI.MOLE) and the charge (1 e) on a single electron (default label Fd).

FRANKLIN

public static final Unit FRANKLIN

A unit of electric charge which exerts a force of one dyne on an equal charge at a distance of one centimeter (default label Fr).

GILBERT

public static final Unit GILBERT

A unit of electric charge equal to the centimeter-gram-second electromagnetic unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 10/4 πampere-turn (default label Gi).

BTU

public static final Unit BTU

A unit of energy equal to 1055.056 J (default label Btu).

BTU_TH

public static final Unit BTU_TH

A unit of energy equal to 1054.350 J, thermochemical (default label Btu_th).

BTU_MEAN

public static final Unit BTU_MEAN

A unit of energy equal to 1055.87 J, mean (default label Btu_mean).

CALORIE

public static final Unit CALORIE

A unit of energy equal to 4.1868 J (default label cal).

KILOCALORIE

public static final Unit KILOCALORIE

A unit of energy equal to one kilo-calorie (default label Cal).

ERG

public static final Unit ERG

A unit of energy equal to 1E-7 J (default label erg).

ELECTRON_VOLT

public static final Unit ELECTRON_VOLT

A unit of energy equal to one electron-volt (default label eV, also recognized keV, MeV, GeV).

THERM

public static final Unit THERM

A unit of energy equal to 105.4804E6 J (approximation, default label thm).

LAMBERT

public static final Unit LAMBERT

A unit of illuminance equal to 1E4 Lx (default label La).

FOOT

public static final Unit FOOT

A unit of length equal to 0.3048 m (default label ft).

YARD

public static final Unit YARD

A unit of length equal to 0.9144 m (default label yd).

INCH

public static final Unit INCH

A unit of length equal to 0.0254 m (default label in).

MILE

public static final Unit MILE

A unit of length equal to 1609.344 m (default label mi).

NAUTICAL_MILE

public static final Unit NAUTICAL_MILE

A unit of length equal to 1852.0 m (default label nmi).

ANGSTROM

public static final Unit ANGSTROM

A unit of length equal to 1E-10 m (default label Å).

ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT

public static final Unit ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT

A unit of length equal to the average distance from the center of the Earth to the center of the Sun (default label ua).

LIGHT_YEAR

public static final Unit LIGHT_YEAR

A unit of length equal to the distance that light travels in one year through a vacuum (default label ly).

PARSEC

public static final Unit PARSEC

A unit of length equal to the distance at which a star would appear to shift its position by one arcsecond over the course the time (about 3 months) in which the Earth moves a distance of ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT in the direction perpendicular to the direction to the star (default label pc).

BOHR

public static final Unit BOHR

A unit of length equal to the mean distance between the proton and the electron in an unexcited hydrogen atom (default label Bohr).

POINT

public static final Unit POINT

A unit of length equal to 0.013837 INCH exactly (default label pt).

See Also:

PIXEL

PIXEL

public static final Unit PIXEL

A unit of length equal to 1/72 INCH (default label pixel). It is the American point rounded to an even 1/72 inch.

See Also:

POINT

COMPUTER_POINT

public static final Unit COMPUTER_POINT

Equivalent PIXEL

PICA

public static final Unit PICA

A unit of length equal to 12 POINT (default label pi).

See Also:

POINT

DIDOT

public static final Unit DIDOT

A unit of length equal to 0.37592e-3 m (default label Didot).

CICERO

public static final Unit CICERO

A unit of length equal to 12 DIDOT (default label cicero).

MAXWELL

public static final Unit MAXWELL

A unit of magnetic flux equal 1E-8 Wb (default label Mx).

GAUSS

public static final Unit GAUSS

A unit of magnetic flux density equal 1000 A/m (default label G).

ATOMIC_MASS

public static final Unit ATOMIC_MASS

A unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of the carbon-12 atom (default label u).

ELECTRON_MASS

public static final Unit ELECTRON_MASS

A unit of mass equal to the mass of the electron (default label me).

CARAT

public static final Unit CARAT

A unit of mass equal to 200 mg (default label carat).

POUND

public static final Unit POUND

A unit of mass equal to 453.59237 grams (avoirdupois pound, default label lb).

OUNCE

public static final Unit OUNCE

A unit of mass equal to 1 / 16 POUND (default label oz).

TON_US

public static final Unit TON_US

A unit of mass equal to 2000 POUND (short ton, default label ton_us).

TON_UK

public static final Unit TON_UK

A unit of mass equal to 2240 POUND (long ton, default label ton_uk).

METRIC_TON

public static final Unit METRIC_TON

A unit of mass equal to 1000 kg (metric ton, default label t).

DYNE

public static final Unit DYNE

A unit of force equal to 1E-5 N (default label dyn).

KILOGRAM_FORCE

public static final Unit KILOGRAM_FORCE

A unit of force equal to 9.80665 N (default label kgf).

POUND_FORCE

public static final Unit POUND_FORCE

A unit of force equal to POUND·G (default label lbf).

HORSEPOWER

public static final Unit HORSEPOWER

A unit of power equal to the power required to raise a mass of 75 kilograms at a velocity of 1 meter per second (metric, default label hp).

ATMOSPHERE

public static final Unit ATMOSPHERE

A unit of pressure equal to the average pressure of the Earth's atmosphere at sea level (default label atm).

BAR

public static final Unit BAR

A unit of pressure equal to 100 kPa (default label bar).

MILLIBAR

public static final Unit MILLIBAR

A unit of pressure equal to 1E-3 BAR (default label mbar).

MILLIMETER_OF_MERCURY

public static final Unit MILLIMETER_OF_MERCURY

A unit of pressure equal to the pressure exerted at the Earth's surface by a column of mercury 1 millimeter high (default label mmHg).

INCH_OF_MERCURY

public static final Unit INCH_OF_MERCURY

A unit of pressure equal to the pressure exerted at the Earth's surface by a column of mercury 1 inch high (default label inHg).

RAD

public static final Unit RAD

A unit of radiation dose absorbed equal to a dose of 0.01 joule of energy per kilogram of mass (J/kg) (default label rd).

REM

public static final Unit REM

A unit of radiation dose effective equal to 0.01 Sv (default label rem).

CURIE

public static final Unit CURIE

A unit of radioctive activity equal to the activity of a gram of radium (default label Ci).

RUTHERFORD

public static final Unit RUTHERFORD

A unit of radioctive activity equal to 1 million radioactive disintegrations per second (default label Rd).

SPHERE

public static final Unit SPHERE

A unit of solid angle equal to 4 π steradians (default label sphere).

RANKINE

public static final Unit RANKINE

A unit of temperature equal to 5/9 °K (default label °R).

FAHRENHEIT

public static final Unit FAHRENHEIT

A unit of temperature equal to degree Rankine minus 459.67 °R (default label °F).

See Also:

RANKINE

KNOT

public static final Unit KNOT

A unit of velocity equal to one NAUTICAL_MILE per HOUR.

MACH

public static final Unit MACH

A unit of velocity to express the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound (default label Mach).

C

public static final Unit C

A unit of velocity relative to the speed of light (default label c).

LITER

public static final Unit LITER

A unit of volume equal to one cubic decimeter (default label L, also recognized µL, mL, cL, dL).

GALLON_LIQUID_US

public static final Unit GALLON_LIQUID_US

A unit of volume equal to one US gallon, Liquid Unit. The U.S. liquid gallon is based on the Queen Anne or Wine gallon occupying 231 cubic inches (default label gal).

PINT_LIQUID_US

public static final Unit PINT_LIQUID_US

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 8 GALLON_LIQUID_US (default label pint).

FLUID_OUNCE_US

public static final Unit FLUID_OUNCE_US

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 16 PINT_LIQUID_US (default label oz_fl).

GALLON_DRY_US

public static final Unit GALLON_DRY_US

A unit of volume equal to one US dry gallon. (default label gallon_dry_us).

PINT_DRY_US

public static final Unit PINT_DRY_US

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 8 GALLON_DRY_US (default label pint_dry_us).

GALLON_UK

public static final Unit GALLON_UK

A unit of volume equal to 4.546 09 LITER (default label gal_uk).

PINT_UK

public static final Unit PINT_UK

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 8 GALLON_UK (default label pint_uk).

FLUID_OUNCE_UK

public static final Unit FLUID_OUNCE_UK

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 160 GALLON_UK (default label oz_fl_uk).

CUP_US

public static final Unit CUP_US

A unit of volume equal to 8 FLUID_OUNCE_US (default label cup_us).

CUP_UK

public static final Unit CUP_UK

A unit of volume equal to 10 FLUID_OUNCE_UK (default label cup_uk).

TABLESPOON_US

public static final Unit TABLESPOON_US

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 2 FLUID_OUNCE_US (default label tablespoon_us).

TABLESPOON_UK

public static final Unit TABLESPOON_UK

A unit of volume equal to one 5 / 8 FLUID_OUNCE_UK (default label tablespoon_uk).

TEASPOON_US

public static final Unit TEASPOON_US

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 6 FLUID_OUNCE_US (default label teaspoon_us).

TEASPOON_UK

public static final Unit TEASPOON_UK

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 6 FLUID_OUNCE_UK (default label teaspoon_uk).

TABLESPOON_AU

public static final Unit TABLESPOON_AU

A unit of volume equal to 20.0 mL (Australian tablespoon, (default label tablespoon_au).

ROENTGEN

public static final Unit ROENTGEN

A unit used to measure the ionizing ability of radiation (default label Roentgen).