What is fundamental units?

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Posted by Ankit Rao 6 years, 7 months ago
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Prashi Jain 6 years, 7 months ago
Yogita Ingle 6 years, 7 months ago
Each base quantity is defined in terms of a certain basic arbitrarily chosen but properly standardised reference standard called unit (such as metre, kilogram,second,ampere,kelvin,mole,and candela.The units for the fundamental base quantities are called fundamental or base units and two supplementary units in relation to quantities plane angle and solid angle radian, Ste radian..
| S.No. | Fundamental Quantities | Fundamental Units | Symbol |
| 1. | Length | metre | m |
| 2. | Mass | kilogram | kg |
| 3. | Time | second | S |
| 4. | Temperature | kelvin | kg |
| 5 | Electric current | ampere | A |
| 6 | Luminous intensity | candela | cd |
| 7 | Amount of substance | mole | mol |
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