💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Derived unit"
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| absolute unitnoun | (slang, UK, Australia, chiefly Internet, humorous) An exceptionally large or stout person. |
| natural unitnoun | (physics) Any of a group of related physical units defined in terms of natural constants. |
| arbitrary unitnoun | (sciences, technology) A relative unit of measurement to show the ratio of amount of substance, intensity, or other quantities, to a predetermined reference measurement. |
| electromagnetic unitnoun | Any of the various units to measure electricity and magnetism in the CGS (now replaced by SI) system of units; abbreviated emu, e.m.u., or EMU. |
| flux unitnoun | (astronomy) The (otherwise unnamed) unit of density of electromagnetic radiation from a radio star, equal to 10⁻²⁶ watts per square meter per hertz |
| unitnoun | (mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. |
| kilogramnoun | In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg |
| angstrom unitnoun | (physics) Alternative form of angstrom. [(physics, metrology) A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.] |
| watt-secondnoun | A derived unit of energy that represents the energy provided by one watt of power acting for a duration of one second. |
| wattnoun | In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W |
| coulombnoun | In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C |
| candelanoun | In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10¹² hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd |
| henrynoun | In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H |
| kilonoun | Clipping of kilogram. [In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg] |
| kelvinnoun | In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; ¹⁄_(273.16) of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. |
| dimensionnoun | A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth. |
| molenoun | Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae. |
| newtonnoun | In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second. |
| joulenoun | In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Equivalent to one watt-second (one watt of power acting for a duration of one second). |
| lumen secondnoun | (physics) A derived SI unit of luminous energy. |
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