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IEEE 260.4-1996

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American National Standard Letter Symbols and Abbreviations for Quantities Used in Acoustics

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PDF

Superseded date

25-05-2020

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-11-1995

1 Overview
2 References
3 General principles of letter symbol standardization
  3.1 Letter symbols
  3.2 Alphabets and typography
  3.3 Remarks concerning quantity symbols
  3.4 Remarks concerning unit symbols
  3.5 The International System of Units (SI)
  3.6 Usage
  3.7 Unit symbols to be used with limited character sets
4 Principles applicable to letter symbols and abbreviations
  for quantities used in acoustics
  4.1 Time-varying quantities
  4.2 Average values
  4.3 Quantities per unit volume, area, or length
  4.4 Sequence: for double subscripts to multiplying
       operators
  4.5 Remarks concerning levels
  4.6 Remarks concerning abbreviations
5 Introduction to the tables
6 Bibliography

This standard provides a set of letter symbols for quantities and abbreviations and recommendations for their use in the science and technology of acoustics.

Committee
Quantities, Units, and Symbols Standards Comm
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes IEEE DRAFT 260.4. (11/1999) Revision and redesignation of ASME Y10.11-1984. (02/2000)
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
978-1-5044-5310-3
Pages
72
ProductNote
THIS STANDARD ALSO REFERS TO 14 CFR Part 36,ANSI/ASA S1.1-2013,ANSI/ASA S1.6-2016,ANSI/ASA S2.1/ISO 2041:2009,ANSI/ASA S3.2-2009,ANSI/ASA S3.4-2007,ANSI/ASA S3.5-1997 (R 2007),ANSI/ASA S3.6-2010,ANSI/ASA S3.20-2015,ANSI/ASA S12.2-2008,ANSI/ASA 12.55/ISO 3745-2012,ANSI/ASA S12.65-2006(R 2011),ANSI/IEEE 152™-1991,ANSI/IEEE 319™-1990
PublisherName
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

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