List of scientific units named after people

This is a list of scientific units named after people. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym. Note that by convention, the name of the unit is properly written in all-lowercase, but its abbreviation is capitalized.

SI base units

SI derived unit

Centimetre–gram–second system of units

No longer in use

Others

Natural unit systems

No longer in use

See also

References

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