javax.units
Class NonSI

Object
  NonSI

public final class NonSI

extends Object

This class contains units that are not part of the International System of Units, that is, they are outside the SI, but are important and widely used.

Field Summary

static Unit	AEON A unit of duration equal to 1E9 YEAR.
static Unit	ANGSTROM A unit of length equal to 1E-10 m (symbol Å).
static Unit	ARE A unit of area equal to 100 m².
static Unit	ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT A unit of length equal to the average distance from the center of the Earth to the center of the Sun.
static Unit	ATMOSPHERE A unit of pressure equal to the average pressure of the Earth's atmosphere at sea level.
static Unit	ATOM A unit of amount of substance equals to one atom.
static Unit	ATOMIC_MASS A unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of the carbon-12 atom.
static Unit	BAR A unit of pressure equal to 100 kPa.
static Unit	BARN A unit of area equal to 100 fm².
static Unit	BOHR A unit of length equal to the mean distance between the proton and the electron in an unexcited hydrogen atom.
static Unit	BTU A unit of energy equal to 1055.056 J.
static Unit	BTU_MEAN A unit of energy equal to 1055.87 J (mean).
static Unit	BTU_TH A unit of energy equal to 1054.350 J (thermochemical).
static Unit	BYTE A unit of data amount equal to 8 bits (BinarY TErm).
static Unit	C A unit of velocity relative to the speed of light.
static Unit	CALORIE A unit of energy equal to 4.1868 J (symbol cal).
static Unit	CARAT A unit of mass equal to 200 milligrams.
static Unit	CENTIRADIAN A unit of angle equal to 0.01 SI.RADIAN.
static Unit	CICERO A unit of length equal to 12 DIDOT.
static Unit	COMPUTER_POINT Equivalent PIXEL
static Unit	CUP_UK A unit of volume equal to 10 FLUID_OUNCE_UK
static Unit	CUP_US A unit of volume equal to 8 FLUID_OUNCE_US
static Unit	CURIE A unit of radioctive activity equal to the activity of a gram of radium.
static Unit	DAY A unit of duration equal to 24 HOUR.
static Unit	DAY_SIDEREAL A unit of duration equal to the time required for a complete rotation of the earth in reference to any star or to the vernal equinox at the meridian, equal to 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.09 seconds.
static Unit	DEGREE_ANGLE A unit of angle equal to 1/360 REVOLUTION.
static Unit	DIDOT A unit of length equal to 0.37592e-3 m.
static Unit	DYNE A unit of force equal to 1E-5 N.
static Unit	E A unit of electric charge equal to the charge on one electron.
static Unit	ELECTRON_MASS A unit of mass equal to the mass of the electron.
static Unit	ELECTRON_VOLT A unit of energy equal to one electron-volt (symbol eV, also recognized keV, MeV, GeV).
static Unit	ERG A unit of energy equal to 1E-7 J.
static Unit	FAHRENHEIT A unit of temperature equal to degree Rankine minus 459.67 °R.
static Unit	FARADAY A unit of electric charge equal to equal to the product of Avogadro's number (see SI.MOLE) and the charge (1 e) on a single electron.
static Unit	FLUID_OUNCE_UK A unit of volume equal to 1 / 160 GALLON_UK
static Unit	FLUID_OUNCE_US A unit of volume equal to 1 / 16 PINT_LIQUID_US.
static Unit	FOOT A unit of length equal to 0.3048 m (1959 Standard).
static Unit	FRANKLIN A unit of electric charge which exerts a force of one dyne on an equal charge at a distance of one centimeter.
static Unit	G A unit of acceleration equal to the gravity at the earth's surface.
static Unit	GALILEO A unit of acceleration equal to an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second.
static Unit	GALLON_DRY_US A unit of volume equal to one US dry gallon.
static Unit	GALLON_LIQUID_US A unit of volume equal to one US gallon, Liquid Unit.
static Unit	GALLON_UK A unit of volume equal to 4.546 09 LITER.
static Unit	GAUSS A unit of magnetic flux density equal 1000 A/m.
static Unit	GILBERT A unit of electric charge equal to the centimeter-gram-second electromagnetic unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 10/4 π ampere-turn.
static Unit	GRADE A unit of angle measure equal to 1/400 REVOLUTION.
static Unit	HECTARE A unit of area equal to 100 ARE.
static Unit	HORSEPOWER A unit of power equal to the power required to raise a mass of 75 kilograms at a velocity of 1 meter per second (metric).
static Unit	HOUR A unit of duration equal to 60 MINUTE.
static Unit	INCH A unit of length equal to 0.0254 m (1959 Standard).
static Unit	INCH_OF_MERCURY A unit of pressure equal to the pressure exerted at the Earth's surface by a column of mercury 1 inch high.
static Unit	KILOCALORIE A unit of energy equal to one kilo-calorie (symbol Cal).
static Unit	KILOGRAM_FORCE A unit of force equal to 9.80665 N.
static Unit	KNOT A unit of velocity equal to one NAUTICAL_MILE per HOUR.
static Unit	LAMBERT A unit of illuminance equal to 1E4 Lx.
static Unit	LIGHT_YEAR A unit of length equal to the distance that light travels in one year through a vacuum.
static Unit	LITER A unit of volume equal to one cubic decimeter (symbol L, also recognized µL, mL, cL, dL, 1964 standard).
static Unit	MACH A unit of velocity to express the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound.
static Unit	MAXWELL A unit of magnetic flux equal 1E-8 Wb.
static Unit	METRIC_TON A unit of mass equal to 1000 kg (metric ton).
static Unit	MILE A unit of length equal to 1609.344 m.
static Unit	MILLIBAR A unit of pressure equal to 1E-3 BAR.
static Unit	MILLIMETER_OF_MERCURY A unit of pressure equal to the pressure exerted at the Earth's surface by a column of mercury 1 millimeter high.
static Unit	MINUTE A unit of duration equal to 60 s.
static Unit	MINUTE_ANGLE A unit of angle equal to 1/60 DEGREE_ANGLE.
static Unit	MONTH A unit of duration equal to one twelfth of a year.
static Unit	NAUTICAL_MILE A unit of length equal to 1852.0 m.
static Unit	OCTET Equivalent BYTE
static Unit	OUNCE A unit of mass equal to 1 / 16 POUND.
static Unit	PARSEC A unit of length equal to the distance at which a star would appear to shift its position by one arcsecond over the course the time (about 3 months) in which the Earth moves a distance of ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT in the direction perpendicular to the direction to the star.
static Unit	PERCENT A unit equals to 0.01 (dimensionless).
static Unit	PICA A unit of length equal to 12 POINT.
static Unit	PINT_DRY_US A unit of volume equal to one 1 / 8 GALLON_DRY_US
static Unit	PINT_LIQUID_US A unit of volume equal to 1 / 8 GALLON_LIQUID_US
static Unit	PINT_UK A unit of volume equal to 1 / 8 GALLON_UK
static Unit	PIXEL A unit of length equal to 1/72 INCH.
static Unit	POINT A unit of length equal to 0.013837 INCH exactly (standardized by the American Typefounders Association).
static Unit	POUND A unit of mass equal to 453.59237 grams (avoirdupois pound).
static Unit	POUND_FORCE A unit of force equal to POUND * G.
static Unit	RAD A unit of radiation dose absorbed equal to a dose of 0.01 joule of energy per kilogram of mass (J/kg).
static Unit	RANKINE A unit of temperature equal to 5/9 °K.
static Unit	REM A unit of radiation dose effective equal to 0.01 Sv.
static Unit	REVOLUTION A unit of angle equal to a full circle or 2π SI.RADIAN.
static Unit	ROENTGEN A unit used to measure the ionizing ability of radiation.
static Unit	RUTHERFORD A unit of radioctive activity equal to 1 million radioactive disintegrations per second.
static Unit	SECOND_ANGLE A unit of angle equal to 1/60 MINUTE_ANGLE.
static Unit	SPHERE A unit of solid angle equal to 4 π steradians.
static Unit	TABLESPOON_AU A unit of volume equal to 20.0 mL (Australian tablespoon).
static Unit	TABLESPOON_UK A unit of volume equal to one 5 / 8 FLUID_OUNCE_UK
static Unit	TABLESPOON_US A unit of volume equal to 1 / 2 FLUID_OUNCE_US
static Unit	TEASPOON_UK A unit of volume equal to 1 / 6 FLUID_OUNCE_UK
static Unit	TEASPOON_US A unit of volume equal to 1 / 6 FLUID_OUNCE_US
static Unit	THERM A unit of energy equal to 105.4804E6 J (appr.).
static Unit	TON_UK A unit of mass equal to 2240 POUND (long ton).
static Unit	TON_US A unit of mass equal to 2000 POUND (short ton).
static Unit	WEEK A unit of duration equal to 7 DAY.
static Unit	YARD A unit of length equal to 0.9144 m (1959 Standard).
static Unit	YEAR A unit of duration equal to 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds.
static Unit	YEAR_CALENDAR A unit of duration equal to 365 DAY.
static Unit	YEAR_SIDEREAL A unit of duration equal to one complete revolution of the earth about the sun, relative to the fixed stars, or 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 9.54 seconds.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PERCENT

public static final Unit PERCENT

A unit equals to 0.01 (dimensionless).

GALILEO

public static final Unit GALILEO

A unit of acceleration equal to an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second.

G

public static final Unit G

A unit of acceleration equal to the gravity at the earth's surface.

ATOM

public static final Unit ATOM

A unit of amount of substance equals to one atom.

REVOLUTION

public static final Unit REVOLUTION

A unit of angle equal to a full circle or 2π SI.RADIAN.

DEGREE_ANGLE

public static final Unit DEGREE_ANGLE

A unit of angle equal to 1/360 REVOLUTION.

MINUTE_ANGLE

public static final Unit MINUTE_ANGLE

A unit of angle equal to 1/60 DEGREE_ANGLE.

SECOND_ANGLE

public static final Unit SECOND_ANGLE

A unit of angle equal to 1/60 MINUTE_ANGLE.

CENTIRADIAN

public static final Unit CENTIRADIAN

A unit of angle equal to 0.01 SI.RADIAN.

GRADE

public static final Unit GRADE

A unit of angle measure equal to 1/400 REVOLUTION.

ARE

public static final Unit ARE

A unit of area equal to 100 m².

HECTARE

public static final Unit HECTARE

A unit of area equal to 100 ARE.

BARN

public static final Unit BARN

A unit of area equal to 100 fm².

BYTE

public static final Unit BYTE

A unit of data amount equal to 8 bits (BinarY TErm).

OCTET

public static final Unit OCTET

Equivalent BYTE

MINUTE

public static final Unit MINUTE

A unit of duration equal to 60 s.

HOUR

public static final Unit HOUR

A unit of duration equal to 60 MINUTE.

DAY

public static final Unit DAY

A unit of duration equal to 24 HOUR.

WEEK

public static final Unit WEEK

A unit of duration equal to 7 DAY.

YEAR

public static final Unit YEAR

A unit of duration equal to 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds.

MONTH

public static final Unit MONTH

A unit of duration equal to one twelfth of a year.

DAY_SIDEREAL

public static final Unit DAY_SIDEREAL

A unit of duration equal to the time required for a complete rotation of the earth in reference to any star or to the vernal equinox at the meridian, equal to 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.09 seconds.

YEAR_SIDEREAL

public static final Unit YEAR_SIDEREAL

A unit of duration equal to one complete revolution of the earth about the sun, relative to the fixed stars, or 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 9.54 seconds.

YEAR_CALENDAR

public static final Unit YEAR_CALENDAR

A unit of duration equal to 365 DAY.

AEON

public static final Unit AEON

A unit of duration equal to 1E9 YEAR.

E

public static final Unit E

A unit of electric charge equal to the charge on one electron.

FARADAY

public static final Unit FARADAY

A unit of electric charge equal to equal to the product of Avogadro's number (see SI.MOLE) and the charge (1 e) on a single electron.

FRANKLIN

public static final Unit FRANKLIN

A unit of electric charge which exerts a force of one dyne on an equal charge at a distance of one centimeter.

GILBERT

public static final Unit GILBERT

A unit of electric charge equal to the centimeter-gram-second electromagnetic unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 10/4 π ampere-turn.

BTU

public static final Unit BTU

A unit of energy equal to 1055.056 J.

BTU_TH

public static final Unit BTU_TH

A unit of energy equal to 1054.350 J (thermochemical).

BTU_MEAN

public static final Unit BTU_MEAN

A unit of energy equal to 1055.87 J (mean).

CALORIE

public static final Unit CALORIE

A unit of energy equal to 4.1868 J (symbol cal).

KILOCALORIE

public static final Unit KILOCALORIE

A unit of energy equal to one kilo-calorie (symbol Cal). This is the most common unit of heat energy.

ERG

public static final Unit ERG

A unit of energy equal to 1E-7 J.

ELECTRON_VOLT

public static final Unit ELECTRON_VOLT

A unit of energy equal to one electron-volt (symbol eV, also recognized keV, MeV, GeV).

THERM

public static final Unit THERM

A unit of energy equal to 105.4804E6 J (appr.).

LAMBERT

public static final Unit LAMBERT

A unit of illuminance equal to 1E4 Lx.

FOOT

public static final Unit FOOT

A unit of length equal to 0.3048 m (1959 Standard).

YARD

public static final Unit YARD

A unit of length equal to 0.9144 m (1959 Standard).

INCH

public static final Unit INCH

A unit of length equal to 0.0254 m (1959 Standard).

MILE

public static final Unit MILE

A unit of length equal to 1609.344 m.

NAUTICAL_MILE

public static final Unit NAUTICAL_MILE

A unit of length equal to 1852.0 m.

ANGSTROM

public static final Unit ANGSTROM

A unit of length equal to 1E-10 m (symbol Å).

ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT

public static final Unit ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT

A unit of length equal to the average distance from the center of the Earth to the center of the Sun.

LIGHT_YEAR

public static final Unit LIGHT_YEAR

A unit of length equal to the distance that light travels in one year through a vacuum.

PARSEC

public static final Unit PARSEC

A unit of length equal to the distance at which a star would appear to shift its position by one arcsecond over the course the time (about 3 months) in which the Earth moves a distance of ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT in the direction perpendicular to the direction to the star.

BOHR

public static final Unit BOHR

A unit of length equal to the mean distance between the proton and the electron in an unexcited hydrogen atom.

POINT

public static final Unit POINT

A unit of length equal to 0.013837 INCH exactly (standardized by the American Typefounders Association).

See Also:

PIXEL

PIXEL

public static final Unit PIXEL

A unit of length equal to 1/72 INCH. It is the American point rounded to an even 1/72 inch.

See Also:

POINT

COMPUTER_POINT

public static final Unit COMPUTER_POINT

Equivalent PIXEL

PICA

public static final Unit PICA

A unit of length equal to 12 POINT.

See Also:

POINT

DIDOT

public static final Unit DIDOT

A unit of length equal to 0.37592e-3 m.

CICERO

public static final Unit CICERO

A unit of length equal to 12 DIDOT.

MAXWELL

public static final Unit MAXWELL

A unit of magnetic flux equal 1E-8 Wb.

GAUSS

public static final Unit GAUSS

A unit of magnetic flux density equal 1000 A/m.

ATOMIC_MASS

public static final Unit ATOMIC_MASS

A unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of the carbon-12 atom.

ELECTRON_MASS

public static final Unit ELECTRON_MASS

A unit of mass equal to the mass of the electron.

CARAT

public static final Unit CARAT

A unit of mass equal to 200 milligrams.

POUND

public static final Unit POUND

A unit of mass equal to 453.59237 grams (avoirdupois pound).

OUNCE

public static final Unit OUNCE

A unit of mass equal to 1 / 16 POUND.

TON_US

public static final Unit TON_US

A unit of mass equal to 2000 POUND (short ton).

TON_UK

public static final Unit TON_UK

A unit of mass equal to 2240 POUND (long ton).

METRIC_TON

public static final Unit METRIC_TON

A unit of mass equal to 1000 kg (metric ton).

DYNE

public static final Unit DYNE

A unit of force equal to 1E-5 N.

KILOGRAM_FORCE

public static final Unit KILOGRAM_FORCE

A unit of force equal to 9.80665 N.

POUND_FORCE

public static final Unit POUND_FORCE

A unit of force equal to POUND * G.

HORSEPOWER

public static final Unit HORSEPOWER

A unit of power equal to the power required to raise a mass of 75 kilograms at a velocity of 1 meter per second (metric).

ATMOSPHERE

public static final Unit ATMOSPHERE

A unit of pressure equal to the average pressure of the Earth's atmosphere at sea level.

BAR

public static final Unit BAR

A unit of pressure equal to 100 kPa.

MILLIBAR

public static final Unit MILLIBAR

A unit of pressure equal to 1E-3 BAR.

MILLIMETER_OF_MERCURY

public static final Unit MILLIMETER_OF_MERCURY

A unit of pressure equal to the pressure exerted at the Earth's surface by a column of mercury 1 millimeter high.

INCH_OF_MERCURY

public static final Unit INCH_OF_MERCURY

A unit of pressure equal to the pressure exerted at the Earth's surface by a column of mercury 1 inch high.

RAD

public static final Unit RAD

A unit of radiation dose absorbed equal to a dose of 0.01 joule of energy per kilogram of mass (J/kg).

REM

public static final Unit REM

A unit of radiation dose effective equal to 0.01 Sv.

CURIE

public static final Unit CURIE

A unit of radioctive activity equal to the activity of a gram of radium.

RUTHERFORD

public static final Unit RUTHERFORD

A unit of radioctive activity equal to 1 million radioactive disintegrations per second.

SPHERE

public static final Unit SPHERE

A unit of solid angle equal to 4 π steradians.

RANKINE

public static final Unit RANKINE

A unit of temperature equal to 5/9 °K.

FAHRENHEIT

public static final Unit FAHRENHEIT

A unit of temperature equal to degree Rankine minus 459.67 °R.

See Also:

RANKINE

KNOT

public static final Unit KNOT

A unit of velocity equal to one NAUTICAL_MILE per HOUR.

MACH

public static final Unit MACH

A unit of velocity to express the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound.

C

public static final Unit C

A unit of velocity relative to the speed of light.

LITER

public static final Unit LITER

A unit of volume equal to one cubic decimeter (symbol L, also recognized µL, mL, cL, dL, 1964 standard).

GALLON_LIQUID_US

public static final Unit GALLON_LIQUID_US

A unit of volume equal to one US gallon, Liquid Unit. The U.S. liquid gallon is based on the Queen Anne or Wine gallon occupying 231 cubic inches.

PINT_LIQUID_US

public static final Unit PINT_LIQUID_US

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 8 GALLON_LIQUID_US

FLUID_OUNCE_US

public static final Unit FLUID_OUNCE_US

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 16 PINT_LIQUID_US.

GALLON_DRY_US

public static final Unit GALLON_DRY_US

A unit of volume equal to one US dry gallon.

PINT_DRY_US

public static final Unit PINT_DRY_US

A unit of volume equal to one 1 / 8 GALLON_DRY_US

GALLON_UK

public static final Unit GALLON_UK

A unit of volume equal to 4.546 09 LITER.

PINT_UK

public static final Unit PINT_UK

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 8 GALLON_UK

FLUID_OUNCE_UK

public static final Unit FLUID_OUNCE_UK

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 160 GALLON_UK

CUP_US

public static final Unit CUP_US

A unit of volume equal to 8 FLUID_OUNCE_US

CUP_UK

public static final Unit CUP_UK

A unit of volume equal to 10 FLUID_OUNCE_UK

TABLESPOON_US

public static final Unit TABLESPOON_US

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 2 FLUID_OUNCE_US

TABLESPOON_UK

public static final Unit TABLESPOON_UK

A unit of volume equal to one 5 / 8 FLUID_OUNCE_UK

TEASPOON_US

public static final Unit TEASPOON_US

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 6 FLUID_OUNCE_US

TEASPOON_UK

public static final Unit TEASPOON_UK

A unit of volume equal to 1 / 6 FLUID_OUNCE_UK

TABLESPOON_AU

public static final Unit TABLESPOON_AU

A unit of volume equal to 20.0 mL (Australian tablespoon).

ROENTGEN

public static final Unit ROENTGEN

A unit used to measure the ionizing ability of radiation.