K is already taken as a unit of temperature (degrees Kelvin).
>But wouldn't it make sense if all multioliers above 1 were upper case
>(deca, hecto, kilo, mega, giga, tetra, etc) and all units below 1 were
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I think you mean tera. Tetra means four.
>lower case (deci, milli, micro, nano, pico)? For the units below one
>that is the case already, but apparently not for the larger units.
Don't forget micro uses a Greek letter.
Cheers
David