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base unit

unit of measurement adopted by convention for a base quantity
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base unit

Summary

base unit ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • base unit's subclass of is recorded as unit of measurement[2].
  • base unit's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g0gb[3].
  • base unit's described by source is recorded as International Vocabulary of Metrology (3rd edition, 2012)[4].
  • base unit's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/fundamental-dimension[5].
  • base unit's different from is recorded as base quantity[6].
  • base unit's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as grunnenheter[7].
  • base unit's IUPAC Gold Book ID is recorded as B00610[8].
  • base unit's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 187731482[9].
  • base unit's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:Fundamental_Unit_(Physics)[10].
  • base unit's IEV number is recorded as 112-01-18[11].

Why It Matters

base unit ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_base-unit_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{base unit}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/base-unit}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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