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unit of measurement

real scalar quantity, defined and adopted by convention, with which any other quantity of the same kind can be compared to express the ratio of the two quantities as a number (VIM)
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unit of measurement

Summary

unit of measurement ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,637 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • unit of measurement is a type of measure[2].
  • unit of measurement is a type of scalar quantity[3].
  • unit of measurement is a type of individual quantity[4].
  • unit of measurement is part of system of units[5].
  • unit of measurement is part of quantity value[6].
  • unit of measurement's Commons category is recorded as Units of measure[7].
  • unit of measurement's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Units of measurement[8].
  • unit of measurement's facet of is recorded as quantity[9].
  • unit of measurement's described by source is recorded as International Vocabulary of Metrology (3rd edition, 2012)[10].
  • unit of measurement's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • unit of measurement's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • unit of measurement's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[13].
  • unit of measurement's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • unit of measurement's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15].
  • unit of measurement's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[16].
  • unit of measurement's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General[17].
  • unit of measurement's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • unit of measurement's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • unit of measurement's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[20].
  • unit of measurement's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox unit[21].
  • unit of measurement's topic has template is recorded as Q22804808[22].
  • unit of measurement's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/units[23].
  • unit of measurement's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://english.stackexchange.com/tags/measuring-units[24].
  • unit of measurement's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/unit-of-measure[25].
  • unit of measurement's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://tex.stackexchange.com/tags/units[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include measure[2], scalar quantity[3], and individual quantity[4].

Use and Application

Part of include system of units[5], a type of system[27] and quantity value[6].

Why It Matters

unit of measurement ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,637 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

currency Fabio Cannavaro Hebei Normal University metrology

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  4. 5w ago · Mullanur · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Units of measurement
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