This page documents an OPTIMADE Unit Definition. See https://schemas.optimade.org/ for more information.
ID: https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1983/temporary/knot
Definition name: knot
Unit name: knot
Latin symbol: knot
Display symbol: knot
Description: A unit of speed primarily used in navigation defined as 1 nautical mile per hour which is equal to (1852/3600) m/s using the 1983 SI units.
The knot unit appears in the International System of Units (SI), 1st ed. (1970) defined as "1 nautical mile per hour = (1852/3600) m/s."
The knot unit was implicitly redefined via the redefinition of the metre at the 17th CGPM meeting (1983), resolution 1.
Resources:
JSON definition:
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"description": "A unit of speed primarily used in navigation defined as 1 nautical mile per hour which is equal to (1852/3600) m/s using the 1983 SI units.\n\nThe knot unit appears in the International System of Units (SI), 1st ed. (1970) defined as \"1 nautical mile per hour = (1852/3600) m/s.\"\n\n- The International System of Units (SI), 1st ed. (1970) categorizes the unit as \"Units in use temporarily with the International System.\"\n- The International System of Units (SI), 7th ed. (1998) changes the categorization to \"Other non-SI units currently accepted for use with the International System.\"\n- The International System of Units (SI), 8th ed. (2006) changes the categorization to \"Other non-SI units.\"\n- The knot is omitted in the International System of Units (SI), 9th Edition (2019).\n\nThe knot unit was implicitly redefined via the redefinition of the metre at the 17th CGPM meeting (1983), resolution 1.",
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"relation": "Definition in the International System of Units (SI), 1st Edition",
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},
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"relation": "Redefinition of the metre at the 17th CGPM meeting (1983), resolution 1",
"resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/17-1983/resolution-1"
},
{
"relation": "Wikipedia article describing the unit",
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}
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}
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"scale": {
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"denominator": 3600
}
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