SI derived units are units of measurement derived from the seven SI base units specified by the International System of Units (SI). They can be expressed...
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which has the SI unit m/s2.: 139 A combination of base and derived units may be used to express a derived unit. For example, the SI unit of force is the...
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Quantities: they are notably a basic set from which all other SI units can be derived. The units and their physical quantities are the second for time, the...
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designated, a derived unit is unit for a derived quantity, involving the combination of quantities with different units; several SI derived units are specially...
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While the International System of Units (SI) is used throughout the world in all fields, many non-SI units continue to be used in the scientific, technical...
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modulus, and ultimate tensile strength. The unit, named after Blaise Pascal, is an SI coherent derived unit defined as one newton per square metre (N/m2)...
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Hertz (redirect from Hertz (unit))
event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose formal expression in terms of SI base units is s−1, meaning that one hertz is one per...
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Radian (redirect from Unit angle)
to the radius. The unit was formerly an SI supplementary unit and is currently a dimensionless SI derived unit, defined in the SI as 1 rad = 1 and expressed...
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Ohm (redirect from Ohm (unit))
the unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI). It is named after German physicist Georg Ohm. Various empirically derived standard...
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Steradian (redirect from Steradian unit)
steradian (symbol: sr) or square radian is the unit of solid angle in the International System of Units (SI). It is used in three dimensional geometry, and...
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equivalent man – Radiation unit Sievert, SI derived unit of dose equivalent radiation SI derived unit – Measurement unit derived from basic metric value...
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A newton is defined as 1 kg⋅m/s2 (it is a named derived unit defined in terms of the SI base units).: 137 One newton is, therefore, the force needed...
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is the unit of luminous flux, a measure of the perceived power of visible light emitted by a source, in the International System of Units (SI). Luminous...
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In 2019, four of the seven SI base units specified in the International System of Quantities were redefined in terms of natural physical constants, rather...
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(symbol: S) is the unit of electric conductance, electric susceptance, and electric admittance in the International System of Units (SI). Conductance, susceptance...
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{T={\dfrac {N{\cdot }s}{C{\cdot }m}}} .} As an SI derived unit, the tesla can also be expressed in terms of other units. For example, a magnetic flux of 1 weber...
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Candela per square metre (redirect from Nit (unit))
(symbol: cd/m2) is the unit of luminance in the International System of Units (SI). The unit is based on the candela, the SI unit of luminous intensity...
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Joule (redirect from SI unit of energy)
physicist James Prescott Joule (1818–1889). In terms of SI base units and in terms of SI derived units with special names, the joule is defined as One joule...
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Metric system (redirect from SI symbol)
The SI system originally derived its terminology from the metre, kilogram, second system of units, though the definitions of the fundamental SI units have...
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The henry (symbol: H) is the unit of electrical inductance in the International System of Units (SI). If a current of 1 ampere flowing through a coil produces...
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VAY-, WEH-bər; symbol: Wb) is the unit of magnetic flux in the International System of Units (SI). The unit is derived (through Faraday's law of induction)...
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Becquerel (redirect from Becquerel (unit))
becquerel (/ˌbɛkəˈrɛl/; symbol: Bq) is the unit of radioactivity in the International System of Units (SI). One becquerel is defined as an activity of...
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Metre per second squared (category SI derived units)
squared is the unit of acceleration in the International System of Units (SI). As a derived unit, it is composed from the SI base units of length, the...
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Volume (redirect from Volume (unit))
quantified numerically using SI derived units (such as the cubic metre and litre) or by various imperial or US customary units (such as the gallon, quart...
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Astronomical Union (IAU) also lists it under "Non-SI units and symbols whose continued use is deprecated". Units derived from the bar include the megabar (symbol:...
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The mole (symbol mol) is a unit of measurement, the base unit in the International System of Units (SI) for amount of substance, a quantity proportional...
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Coulomb (redirect from Coulomb (unit))
The coulomb (symbol: C) is the unit of electric charge in the International System of Units (SI). It is equal to the electric charge delivered by a 1 ampere...
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(unit) – cgs unit of absorbed dose Roentgen equivalent man, or rem – a unit of radiation dose equivalent Sievert (symbol: Sv) – the SI derived unit of...
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Farad (redirect from Farad (unit))
(symbol: F) is the unit of electrical capacitance, the ability of a body to store an electrical charge, in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent...
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Joule-second (category SI derived units)
unit of action and of angular momentum in the International System of Units (SI) equal to the product of an SI derived unit, the joule (J), and an SI...
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