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Definition:: Eg Hyderabad Is 800km From Chennai

Measurement involves comparing an unknown quantity to a standard unit. The International System of Units (SI) was established in 1971 to standardize units of measurement. The SI defines seven base units - the meter, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela. All other units are derived from these seven base units. Common metric system units and prefixes are also defined, along with units for various physical quantities like length, mass, time, temperature, area, and electric current.

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Definition:: Eg Hyderabad Is 800km From Chennai

Measurement involves comparing an unknown quantity to a standard unit. The International System of Units (SI) was established in 1971 to standardize units of measurement. The SI defines seven base units - the meter, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela. All other units are derived from these seven base units. Common metric system units and prefixes are also defined, along with units for various physical quantities like length, mass, time, temperature, area, and electric current.

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MEASUREMENT

Definition : Measurement is comparing an unknown


quantity with a standard quantity.
The standard quantity is called UNIT
Eg Hyderabad is 800km from Chennai:
Here 800 is called magnitude and km is called
unit
Le Systeme International d’ Unites (SI system of
units):
To bring uniformity, the general conference on
Weights and Measurements in 1971, decided to
have a uniform of measurement called SI system. In
SI system, the for all physical quantities are fixed
and derived quantities.
NOTE: This system is purely based on properties of
atom. So they do not vary with time.
Fundamental (Primary) Units
Name of
Quantity Definition
Unit

length meter (m)

mass kilogram (kg)

time second (s)

electric current ampere (A) Coulomb/second

thermodynamic
Kelvin (K)
temperature

amount of substance mole (mol)

luminous intensity candela (cd)

Derived Units
Name of
Quantity Definition
Unit

Coulomb/volt, (amp *
capacitance farad (F)
second/volt)

Coulomb
charge, quantity of (amp * second)
(C)

Newton-meter, (kg * m2 /
energy (work) Joule (J)
sec2)

Newton
force Joules/meter, kg * m / sec2
(N)

inductance Henry (H) volt * second/Ampere

Weber volt * second, (Mead


magnetic flux
(Wb) page11)

(Webers / meter2); (joules *


second) / (Coulomb *
magnetic flux meter2);
Tesla (T)
density (Note: 1 tesla = 1.0e4
Gauss = 1Newton/(amp *
meter))

potential difference joules/Coulomb, (kg * m2 /


(electromotive volt (V) (sec2 * Coulomb)),
force) watts/Ampere
joules/second, (volts *
power Watt (W)
Ampere)

resistance Ohm volts/Ampere

Commonly used metric system units and


symbols
Quantity Unit Sym Relationship
measured bol
millimeter mm 10 = 1 cm
Length, mm
width, cm 100 = 1m
centimeter
distance, cm
thickness, meter m
girth, etc. km 1 km = 1000
kilometer
m
milligram mg 1000 = 1g
mg
gram g
Mass
(“weight”)* kg 1 kg = 1000
kilogram
g
t 1t= 1000
metric ton
kg
Time second s
Temperature degree Celsius °C
square meter m²
ha 1 ha = 10
Area hectare 000
m²
square km 1= 100
kilometer ² km² ha
milliliter mL 1000 = 1L
mL
cubic cm³ 1= 1 mL
Volume centimeter cm³
L 1000 = 1 m³
liter
L
cubic meter m³
meter per m/s
Speed, second
velocity kilometer per km/ 1= 0.278
hour h km/h m/s
kilogram per kg/
Density
cubic meter m³
Force newton N
Pressure, kilopascal kPa
stress
watt W
Power kW 1 kW = 1000
kilowatt
W
Energy kilojoule kJ
MJ 1 MJ = 1000
megajoule
kJ
kW· 1= 3.6
kilowatt hour
h kW·h MJ
Electric ampere A
current

PrefixSymbol Factor NumericallyName

Prefix SymbolFactor Numerically Name


1 000 000
giga G 109 billion
000
mega M 106
1 000 000 million
kilo k 103 1 000 thousand
centi c 10-2 0.01 hundredth
milli m 10-3 0.001 thousandth
micro μ 10-6 0.000 001 millionth
0.000 000
nano n 10-9 billionth
001

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