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  2. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The derived units in the SI are formed by powers, products, or quotients of the base units and are unlimited in number. [5]: 103 [4]: 14, 16 Arrangement of the principal measurements in physics based on the mathematical manipulation of length, time, and mass

  3. List of physical quantities - Wikipedia

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    Measure for how easily current flows through a material siemens (S = Ω −1) L −2 M −1 T 3 I 2: scalar Electrical conductivity: σ: Measure of a material's ability to conduct an electric current S/m L −3 M −1 T 3 I 2: scalar Electric potential: φ: Energy required to move a unit charge through an electric field from a reference point ...

  4. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    The shed is a unit of area used in nuclear physics equal to 10 −24 barns (100 rm 2 = 10 −52 m 2). The outhouse is a unit of area used in nuclear physics equal to 10 −6 barns (100 am 2 = 10 −34 m 2). The barn (b) is a unit of area used in nuclear physics equal to one hundred femtometres squared (100 fm 2 = 10 −28 m 2).

  5. Unit of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A unit of measurement, or unit of measure, is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. [1] Any other quantity of that kind can be expressed as a multiple of the unit of measurement. [2] For example, a length is a physical quantity.

  6. Metric system - Wikipedia

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    ISO/IEC 80000 – International standard on physical quantities and units of measurement; List of metric units – Class of units of measurement; Metrology – Science of measurement and its application; Non-SI units mentioned in the SI – Unit accepted for use in the International System of Units; Outline of metrology and measurement ...

  7. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Burmese units of measurement are used in Burma, with partial transition to the metric system. U.S. units are used in limited contexts in Canada due to the large volume of trade with the U.S. There is also considerable use of imperial weights and measures, despite de jure Canadian conversion to metric.

  8. List of common physics notations - Wikipedia

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    SI unit of measure alpha: alpha particle: angular acceleration: radian per second squared (rad/s 2) fine-structure constant: unitless beta: velocity in terms of the speed of light c: unitless beta particle: gamma: Lorentz factor: unitless photon: gamma ray: shear strain: radian heat capacity ratio

  9. Natural units - Wikipedia

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    In physics, natural unit systems are measurement systems for which selected physical constants have been set to 1 through nondimensionalization of physical units.For example, the speed of light c may be set to 1, and it may then be omitted, equating mass and energy directly E = m rather than using c as a conversion factor in the typical mass–energy equivalence equation E = mc 2.