section_path: Related units/Unacceptable uses
section_name: Unacceptable uses
paragraph_text: Unacceptable uses
  
  Sometimes, SI unit name variations are introduced, mixing information about the corresponding physical quantity or the conditions of its measurement; however, this practice is unacceptable with the SI. "Unacceptability of mixing information with units: When one gives the value of a quantity, any information concerning the quantity or its conditions of measurement must be presented in such a way as not to be associated with the unit." Instances include: " watt-peak " and " watt RMS "; " geopotential metre " and " vertical metre "; " standard cubic metre "; " atomic second ", " ephemeris second ", and " sidereal second ".