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Units & Measurements
Chapter - 2
Units &
Measureme
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Unit
Basic
Arbitrarily
chosen
International accepted
Reference standard
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Measurement of a Physical
Quantity
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Fundamental units
Derived Units
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Radian
&
Steradia
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Measurement of Length
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Parallax method
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Dimensions
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Representation of Dimensions
Square
bracket
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FUNDAMENTAL
DIMENSIONS
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What is my
dimension??
LENGTH
[L]
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Mas
s
[M]
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Time
[T]
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Temperatu
re
[K]
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Electric
Current
[A]
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Luminous
Intensity
[cd]
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Amount of
substance
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[mol]
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DERIVED
DIMENSIONS
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Volume
Height = [L]
Width = [L]
Length = [L]
[M0 L3 T0]
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Velocity
[M L T ]
0
-1
Distance = [L]
Time = [T]
Velocity = [L1] x [T -1]
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Mass = [M]
Volume = [L]3
Density = [M] x [L]-3