Units of Linear Mass Density
Description
Examples
Linear mass density has the dimension mass per length. The SI composite unit of linear mass density is the kilogram per meter.
Maple knows the units of linear mass density listed in the following table.
Name
Symbols
Context
Alternate Spellings
Prefixes
denier
standard *
deniers
drex
drexes
tex
texes
An asterisk ( * ) indicates the default context, an at sign (@) indicates an abbreviation, and under the prefixes column, SI indicates that the unit takes all SI prefixes, IEC indicates that the unit takes IEC prefixes, and SI+ and SI- indicate that the unit takes only positive and negative SI prefixes, respectively. Refer to a unit in the Units package by indexing the name or symbol with the context, for example, denier[standard]; or, if the context is indicated as the default, by using only the unit name or symbol, for example, denier.
The units of linear mass density are defined as follows.
A denier is defined as a gram per 9000 meters of thread.
A drex is defined as a gram per 10000. meters of thread.
A tex is defined as a gram per 1000 meters of thread.
convert⁡denier,dimensions,base=true
masslength
convert⁡9000000,units,denier,kgm
1
convert⁡10000000,units,drex,kgm
convert⁡1000000,units,tex,kgm
See Also
convert/dimensions
convert/units
Units
Units/Index
Units/length
Units/mass
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