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APPENDIX D

CONVERSION TABLES
1 picometre = 1 pm = 10–12m WAVELENGTH
1 Angstrom = 1 Å = 10–10m
1 nanometre = 1 nm = 10–9m
1 micrometre = 1 μm = 10–6m
1 millimetre = 1 mm = 10–³m
1 centimetre = 1 cm = 10–²m
1 decimetre = 1 dm = 10–¹m
1 kilohertz = 1 kHz = 10³Hz FREQUENCY
1 megahertz = 1 MHz = 106Hz
1 gigahertz = 1 GHz = 109Hz
1 terahertz = 1 THz = 1012Hz
1 degree  = ANGLE OF VIEW
1 degree = 60 minutes = 60'
1 minute = 60 seconds = 60"
1 degree = 1.745 x 10-2 rad (radians)
1 circle = 360° = 6.283 rad
1 radian = 57.29°


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