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Units & System of Units

Unit is defined as the numerical standard used to measure the qualitative dimension of a physical quantity. Mass or Force, Length and time are accepted as basic quantities, then all other quantities are derived quantities.
 
ü  SYSTEM  OF UNITS

         FPS  : foot, pound, second
         CGS : centimeter, gram, second
         MKS : meter, kilogram, second
         SI     : System International

ü  SI UNITS

Accepted throughout the world and is a modern version of the metric system. Length  -  metres (m), Mass  -  kilograms (kg), Time  -  seconds (s)  are selected as the base units and Force in newtons (N) is derived from Newton’s Second law.

Electric Current – Ampere (A)
Temperature      - Kelvin (K)
Amount of substance – mole (mol)
Luminous intensity – Candela (cd)


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