IUnit Interface

Represents an arbitrary unit (SI or any other unit). Implementations define how to convert to/from SI units and expose prefixes and the corresponding SI base unit.

Namespace: Altaxo.Units
Assembly: AltaxoCore (in AltaxoCore.dll) Version: 4.8.3448.0 (4.8.3448.0)

Syntax

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public interface IUnit

The IUnit type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Name	Full name of the unit.
	Prefixes	Returns a list of possible prefixes for this unit (like µ, m, k, M, G..).
	ShortCut	Usual shortcut of the unit.
	SIUnit	Returns the corresponding SI unit.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	FromSIUnit	Converts x (in SI units) to the corresponding value in this unit.
	ToSIUnit	Converts x to the corresponding SI unit.

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Remarks

Implementations of this interface are responsible for converting a value to the corresponding SI value and for converting a value from the SI representation back into this unit. Implementations also expose available SI prefixes and the associated SI base unit.

Reference

Altaxo.Units Namespace