For this reason, it is common to use standard abbreviations; e.g., “6731 km” as opposed to “6371 kilometers,” where “k” is the standard abbreviation for the prefix “kilo” and “m” is the standard abbre...For this reason, it is common to use standard abbreviations; e.g., “6731 km” as opposed to “6371 kilometers,” where “k” is the standard abbreviation for the prefix “kilo” and “m” is the standard abbreviation for “meter.” A list of commonly-used base units and their abbreviations are shown in Table \PageIndex2.
