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    A physical quantity (or simply quantity) is a property of a material or system that can be quantified by measurement. A physical quantity can be expressed...
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  • number of physical quantities. The first table lists the fundamental quantities used in the International System of Units to define the physical dimension...
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  • analysis of the relationships between different physical quantities by identifying their base quantities (such as length, mass, time, and electric current)...
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  • Quantity or amount is a property that can exist as a multitude or magnitude, which illustrate discontinuity and continuity. Quantities can be compared...
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    a multiple of the unit of measurement. For example, a length is a physical quantity. The metre (symbol m) is a unit of length that represents a definite...
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    and expanded. The base quantities of a given system of physical quantities is a subset of those quantities, where no base quantity can be expressed in terms...
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    extensive property is a physical quantity whose value is proportional to the size of the system it describes, or to the quantity of matter in the system...
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  • divisor quantity, the specific quantity is a massic quantity. If volume is the divisor quantity, the specific quantity is a volumic quantity.[citation...
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  • A physical constant, sometimes fundamental physical constant or universal constant, is a physical quantity that cannot be explained by a theory and therefore...
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    Energy (redirect from Physical energy)
    body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat and light. Energy is a conserved quantity—the law of conservation...
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    To calculate the value of stochastic health risk in sieverts, the physical quantity absorbed dose is converted into equivalent dose and effective dose...
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  • quantifiable physical property is called physical quantity. Measurable physical quantities are often referred to as observables. Some physical properties...
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  • measurement adopted for a base quantity. A base quantity is one of a conventionally chosen subset of physical quantities, where no quantity in the subset can be...
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  • In physics, scalars (or scalar quantities) are physical quantities that are unaffected by changes to a vector space basis (i.e., a coordinate system transformation)...
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    Temperature is a physical quantity that quantitatively expresses the attribute of hotness or coldness. Temperature is measured with a thermometer. It...
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  • In physics, an observable is a physical property or physical quantity that can be measured. In classical mechanics, an observable is a real-valued "function"...
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  • This is a list of common physical constants and variables, and their notations. Note that bold text indicates that the quantity is a vector. List of letters...
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    corresponding to seven base physical quantities. They are the second, with the symbol s, which is the SI unit of the physical quantity of time; the metre, symbol...
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    Momentum (category Vector physical quantities)
    It is a vector quantity, possessing a magnitude and a direction. If m is an object's mass and v is its velocity (also a vector quantity), then the object's...
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  • equilibrium. Physical quantity A physical quantity is a property of a material or system that can be quantified by measurement. A physical quantity can be expressed...
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    "intensity" of a specified physical quantity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source of that physical quantity. The fundamental...
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  • the material derivative describes the time rate of change of some physical quantity (like heat or momentum) of a material element that is subjected to...
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  • international standard ISO 31 on quantities and units. It provides guidelines for using physical quantities, quantity and unit symbols, and coherent unit...
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  • constants listed here are known values of physical constants expressed in SI units; that is, physical quantities that are generally believed to be universal...
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  • Scalar (redirect from Scalar quantity)
    (physics), a physical quantity that can be described by a single element of a number field such as a real number Lorentz scalar, a quantity in the theory...
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    Heat (category Physical quantities)
    Carathéodory wrote: "There exists a physical quantity called heat that is not identical with the mechanical quantities (mass, force, pressure, etc.) and...
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  • this quantity. Every physical quantity has a Hermitian linear operator associated to it, and the states where the value of this physical quantity is definite...
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    processing, signals are analog and digital representations of analog physical quantities. In information theory, a signal is a codified message, that is,...
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    axis) Spectrogram of dolphin vocalizations In the physical sciences, the spectrum of a physical quantity (such as energy) may be called continuous if it...
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    In physics, a field is a physical quantity, represented by a scalar, vector, or tensor, that has a value for each point in space and time. A weather map...
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