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Unit of measurement

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. Any other quantity of that kind can be expressed as a multiple of the unit of measurement, For example, a length is a physical quantity. The metre (symbol…

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Systems of units

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Dimensional homogeneity

Converting units of measurement

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Unit of measurement

Nodes114
Edges113
Triples30
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017544
Components1

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Unit of measurement

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related to history · 12
Unit of measurement → BC, Before, Egypt, Elam, France, French Revolution, Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Persia, Primitive, The, Units
related to Systems of units · 5
Unit of measurement → At, For, One, The, Thus
measured by · 4
Unit of measurement → Conversion, SI, This, Unit
related to Definition · 3
Unit of measurement → List, Numerous, The
is a · 1
Unit of measurement → standardized quantity of a physical property

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units measurement unit quantity system systems si used length metric measures physical weights quantities example use metre measure international one

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Unit of measurementis astandardized quantity of a physical property0.90text
the United States Customary Systeminstance ofThere exist other unit systems0.80text
the Imperial Systeminstance ofThere exist other unit systems0.80text
the SI than in othersinstance ofThis is also often loosely taken to include replacement of a quantity with a corresponding quantity that describes the same physical property.Unit conversion is often easier wit…0.80text
due to the system's coherenceinstance ofThis is also often loosely taken to include replacement of a quantity with a corresponding quantity that describes the same physical property.Unit conversion is often easier wit…0.80text
its metric prefixes that act as power-of-10 multipliersinstance ofThis is also often loosely taken to include replacement of a quantity with a corresponding quantity that describes the same physical property.Unit conversion is often easier wit…0.80text
Unit of measurementmeasured byConversion0.60section
Unit of measurementmeasured byThis0.60section
Unit of measurementmeasured byUnit0.60section
Unit of measurementmeasured bySI0.60section
Unit of measurementrelated to DefinitionThe0.60section
Unit of measurementrelated to DefinitionNumerous0.60section

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