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The Seven Base Units of the International System of Units

Posted September 29, 2009 @ 11:59 am In Numbers,Seven | No Comments


Name

Symbol

Quantity

The Ampere [1] A electric current [2]
The Candela [3] cd luminosity [4]
The Kevin [5] K [6] temperature [7]
The Kilogram [8] kg mass [9]
The Metre (Meter) [10] m length [11]
The Mole [12] mol amount of substance [13]
The Second [14] s time [15]



Links

Beyond eAlmanac
Wikipedia article on the Base Units in the International System of Units
The Bureau International des Poids et Mesures article on their base units (in English)



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[1] The Ampere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere

[2] electric current: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_current

[3] The Candela: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candela

[4] luminosity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminous_intensity

[5] The Kevin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin

[6] K: http://www.ealmanac.com/1460/letters/k-kelvin/

[7] temperature: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamic_temperature

[8] The Kilogram: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilogram

[9] mass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass

[10] The Metre (Meter): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre

[11] length: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Length

[12] The Mole: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_%28unit%29

[13] amount of substance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amount_of_substance

[14] The Second: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second

[15] time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time

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