Template:GravEngAbs/doc

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

Base	Force	Weight	Mass
2nd law of motion	m = F/a	F = W ⋅ a/g	F = m ⋅ a
System	British Gravitational (BG)	English Engineering (EE)	Absolute English (AE)
Acceleration (a)	ft/s2	ft/s2	ft/s2
Mass (m)	slug	lbm	lb
Force (F), weight (W)	lb	lbF	pdl
Pressure (p)	lb/in2	psi	pdl/ft2

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

Three approaches to metric units of mass and force or weight

Base	Force	Weight	Mass
2nd law of motion	m = F/a	F = W ⋅ a/g	F = m ⋅ 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.