[ RadSafe ] The rad is still with us...

[Strom, Daniel J]

The rad is only the international metric system (SI) unit symbol for
radian. 

Reference: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/units.html
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/SIdiagram2.html has neat diagrams.
http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/pdf.html gives free access to SP 330 and SP
811, as well as NIST's endorsement of the ISO Guide to the Expression of
Uncertainty in Measurement.

- Dan Strom

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