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Metric units

Metric units are used in data visualizations and are available for custom use and conversions in the @dynatrace-sdk/units.

SI Prefixes

NameSymbolEnglish wordScientific Notation
quettaQnonillion10^30
ronnaRoctillion10^27
yottaYseptillion10^24
zettaZsextillion10^21
exaEquintillion10^18
petaPquadrillion10^15
teraTtrillion10^12
gigaGbillion10^9
megaMmillion10^6
kilokthousand10^3
hectohhundred10^2
decadaten10^1
one10^0
decidtenth10^-1
centichundredth10^-2
millimthousandth10^-3
microµmillionth10^-6
nanonbillionth10^-9
picoptrillionth10^-12
femtofquadrillionth10^-15
attoaquintillionth10^-18
zeptozsextillionth10^-21
yoctoyseptillionth10^-24
rontoroctillionth10^-27
quectoqnonillionth10^-30

Angle

NameSymbol
milliradianmrad
radianrad
second
minute
degree°
revolutionr

Area

NameSymbol
square meterm^2
square inchin^2
square footft^2
square yardyd^2
square milemi^2

Currency

NameSymbol
US DollarUS$
Euro
Japanese Yen¥
British Pound£
Australian DollarA$
Canadian DollarC$
New Zealand DollarNZ$
Swiss FrancCHF
Chinese Yuan

Data

NameSymbol
bitbit
kilobitkbit
megabitMbit
gigabitGbit
...
byteB
kilobytekB
megabyteMB
gigabyteGB
terabyteTB
petabytePB
...
kibibyteKiB
mebibyteMiB
gibibyteGiB
tebibyteTiB
pebibytePiB
...

Datarate

NameSymbol
bitpsbit/s
kbitpmkbit/min
kBphkB/h
...
kiBpsKiB/s
MbitpsMbit/s
GbitpsGbit/s
...
MibitpsMibit/s
GibitpmGibit/min
...

Electricity

NameSymbol
ampereA
voltV
ohmΩ
wattW
coulombC
faradF
weberWb
teslaT
henryH
siemensS

Force

NameSymbol
newtonN
poundlbf

Frequency

NameSymbol
hertzHz

Length

NameSymbol
meterm
inchin
footft
yardyd
milemi
astronomical unitau
lightyear 🚀ly

Mass

NameSymbol
gramg
graingr
ounceoz
poundlb
tonnet

Percentage

NameSymbol
promille
percent%
onex

Physics

NameSymbol
grayGy
sievertSv
candelacd
lumenlm
luxlx
steradiansr

Pressure

NameSymbol
pascalPa
psipsi
barbar

Temperature

NameSymbol
kelvinK
degree celsius°C
degree fahrenheit°F
degree rankine°R

Time

NameSymbol
seconds
dayD
weekW
monthM
yearY
hourh
minutemin

Unspecified

NameSymbol
countcount
count per secondcount/s
count per minutecount/min
count per hourcount/h
corecore
millicoremillicore
msuMSU
pixelpx
ratioratio
statestate
unspecifiedunspecified
none

Velocity

NameSymbol
kilometer per hourkm/h
meter per secondm/s
miles per hourmi/h

Volume

NameSymbol
cubic meterm^3
litredm^3
cubic inchin^3
cubic feetft^3
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