Search results for "SI derived unit" - New World Encyclopedia
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- as kilo- from French, kilo- irregularly derived from Ancient Greek χίλιοι ... # (metrology) An SI/MKS unit of measure equal to one thousand meters ...522 bytes (58 words) - 18:50, 14 July 2023
- " even though the kilogram is actually a unit of mass. ... In modern scientific work, physical quantities are measured in SI ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 23:26, 3 May 2023
- SI Units are the most widely used system of units. They are the most ... that an international system should be derived from six base units to provide ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 18:28, 22 December 2022
- # One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration ... # A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one ...5 KB (683 words) - 23:20, 31 August 2023
- Sense 1.2 is a noun derived from mete, from Old English metan (“to ... # (American spelling) The base unit of length in the International ...2 KB (230 words) - 15:28, 28 July 2023
- such that nothing could be colder. The unit increment of the Kelvin scale ... By international agreement, the unit “kelvin” and its scale are ...15 KB (2,316 words) - 17:20, 5 October 2022
- length or weight, relative to a standard unit of measurement. Measurement ... meter (or metre) was standardized as the unit for length after the French ...18 KB (2,732 words) - 14:42, 5 December 2023
- :"Atomic mass unit" redirects here. "Atomic mass" ... mass units, where one unified atomic mass unit is defined as one-twelfth ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 06:26, 21 August 2023
- Torque has dimensions of force times distance. The SI unit for torque ... The joule, which is the SI unit for energy or work, is also defined ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 15:22, 28 June 2023
- of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred ... as a number of cycles, or periods, per unit time. In physics and engineering ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- the 1960s the International System of Units (SI) ("Système International ... One goal of the metric system is to have a single unit for any physical ...26 KB (4,128 words) - 16:28, 9 November 2022
- chemicals speed up a reaction. The word is derived from the Greek noun κατάλυσις ... The SI derived unit for measuring the "catalytic activity" ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 17:49, 30 November 2023
- Like energy, it is a scalar quantity, with SI units of joules. Heat conduction ... : W = (1/2) mv_2 ^2 - (1/2) mv_1 ^2 (derived simply ...9 KB (1,470 words) - 03:50, 9 November 2022
- the distance d traveled by the object per unit of time t. Speed is a scalar ... *meters per second, (symbol m/s), the SI derived unit *kilometers per ...10 KB (1,597 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- *Electric potential (often called voltage): The potential energy per ... the passage of an electric current. The SI unit of electrical resistance ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 15:53, 13 February 2024
- In the International System of Units (SI), the basic unit of length ... on Earth. They include the astronomical unit, the light-year, and the parsec. ...18 KB (2,703 words) - 15:29, 29 January 2024
- time, then Newton's second law can be derived from this definition: ... The SI unit used to measure force is the newton (symbol N) where: ...15 KB (2,438 words) - 01:41, 6 September 2022
- The SI unit of quantity of electric charge is the coulomb, which is ... of charge, in 1891 Stoney proposed the unit 'electron' for this ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- In the SI system of units, mass is measured in kilograms (kg). Many ... The eV/c2 unit is based on the electron volt (eV), which is normally ...19 KB (3,055 words) - 16:18, 7 November 2022
- The derived SI units for angular momentum are newton•meter•seconds ... of the cross product and discards the unit vector, so that angular momentum ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 06:03, 28 July 2023
