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    The SI base units are the standard units of measurement defined by the International System of Units (SI) for the seven base quantities of what is now...
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  • 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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    commerce. The SI comprises a coherent system of units of measurement starting with seven base units, which are the second (symbol s, the unit of time), metre...
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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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    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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    Millimetre (redirect from Mm (SI unit))
    System of Units (SI), equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length. Therefore, there are one thousand millimetres in a metre....
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  • A base unit of measurement (also referred to as a base unit or fundamental unit) is a unit of measurement adopted for a base quantity. A base quantity...
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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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  • Since its introduction in 1960, the base units for the International system of units, known as SI, have changed several times. Tables in this article...
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    a base quantity is a single upper case letter in roman (upright) sans-serif type."). The associated quantity symbol, the SI unit name and SI unit symbol...
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    The newton (symbol: N) is the unit of force in the International System of Units (SI). Expressed in terms of SI base units, it is 1 kg⋅m/s2, the force that...
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    Radian (redirect from Unit angle)
    rad = 1 and expressed in terms of the SI base unit metre (m) as rad = m/m. Angles without explicitly specified units are generally assumed to be measured...
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  • the SI base units of length, mass, and time: 1 unit of pressure = 1 unit of force / (1 unit of length)2 = 1 unit of mass / (1 unit of length × (1 unit of...
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    Kilogram (redirect from Kilogram (unit))
    kilogram (also spelled kilogramme) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), having the unit symbol kg. 'Kilogram' means 'one thousand...
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    A unit of time is any particular time interval, used as a standard way of measuring or expressing duration. The base unit of time in the International...
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    1×10−12 m, or one trillionth (⁠1/1000000000000⁠) of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length. The picometre is one thousand femtometres, one thousandth...
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    Ampere (redirect from Ampage (unit))
    symbol: A), often shortened to amp, is the unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI). One ampere is equal to 1 coulomb (C) moving...
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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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  • use with the International System of Units (SI). In addition to those listed in the everyday-use table, the SI includes standardised prefixes for 1015...
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    Candela (redirect from Candle (unit))
    candela (symbol: cd) is the unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI). It measures luminous power per unit solid angle emitted by...
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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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    which is the base unit of time in both the CGS and the modern SI system. In SI base units, 1 Gal is equal to 0.01 m/s2. The acceleration due to Earth's...
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    Farad (redirect from Farad (unit))
    is named after the English physicist Michael Faraday (1791–1867). In SI base units 1 F = 1 kg−1⋅m−2⋅s4⋅A2. The capacitance of a capacitor is one farad...
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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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    Metric system (redirect from SI symbol)
    Units (Système international d'unités or SI), in which all units can be expressed in terms of seven base units: the metre (m), kilogram (kg), second (s)...
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  • {\displaystyle \mathrm {T={\dfrac {Wb}{m^{2}}}} .} Expressed only in SI base units, 1 tesla is: T = k g A ⋅ s 2 , {\displaystyle \mathrm {T={\dfrac {kg}{A{\cdot...
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  • examples are the units of the International System of Units (SI). By extension they include units of electromagnetism from the CGS and SI units systems, and...
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  • Luminous intensity (category SI base quantities)
    direction per unit solid angle, based on the luminosity function, a standardized model of the sensitivity of the human eye. The SI unit of luminous intensity...
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  • science and in commerce. Two of the base SI units and 17 of the derived units are named after scientists. 28 non-SI units are named after scientists. By this...
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  • Metric prefix (redirect from Pico SI Prefix)
    with some non-metric units. The SI prefixes are metric prefixes that were standardised for use in the International System of Units (SI) by the International...
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