Small Physics (particles and below) use CGS, real world uses MKS.
Since CGS is the fundamental units it takes over.

I added a rather large list of non-unit names in this group.
Such is life.

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Ed Huntress wrote:
"Ed Huntress" wrote in message news:...

Use of the SI vs. cgm continues to be unsettled in many fields.

Whoops, that's "cgs" (centimeter, gram, second) not "cgm."

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