Units of Inverse length
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Description
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Inverse length has the dimension inverse length. The SI composite unit of inverse length is the inverse meter.
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Maple knows the units of inverse length listed in the following table.
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Name
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Symbols
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Context
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Alternate Spellings
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Prefixes
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diopter
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standard *
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diopters, dioptre, dioptres
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SI
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kayser
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standard *
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kaysers
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SI
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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, diopter[standard]; or, if the context is indicated as the default, by using only the unit name or symbol, for example, diopter.
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The units of inverse length are defined as follows.
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A diopter is defined as an inverse meter.
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A kayser is defined as an inverse centimeter.
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Examples
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