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ADHI Ch12
Units of Measure
Question | Answer |
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system of metric measurements adopted 1960; founded in 7 (SI) base units representing invariable physical measure | International System of Units (SI) |
property length; meter | m |
property mass; kilogram | kg |
property time; second | s |
property electric current; ampere | A |
property thermodynamic temperature; kelvin | k |
property luminous intensity; candela | cd |
property amount of substance; mole | mol |
property place angle; radian | rad |
property solid angle; steradian | sr |
other qualities of SI, defined in terms of 7 base quantities via a system of quantity equations | derived quantities |
area; square meter | m² |
volume; cubic meter | m³ |
speed/velocity; meter per second | m/s |
acceleration; meter per second squared | m/s² |
wave number; reciprocal meter | m·¹ |
mass density; kilogram per cubic meter | kg/m³ |