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Base Units
Phil B. Fontanarosa and Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
The SI is based on 7 fundamental units (base units) that refer to 7 basic quantities of measurement (see the tabulation below). These units form the structure from which other measurement quantities ...
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Derived Units
Phil B. Fontanarosa and Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Other SI measurement quantities are referred to as derived units and are expressed as products or quotients of the 7 base units. Certain derived SI units have special names and symbols and may be ...
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Prefixes
Phil B. Fontanarosa and Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Prefixes are combined with base units and derived units to form multiples of SI units. The factors designated by prefixes are powers of 10, and most prefixes involve exponents that are simple ...
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SI Units
Phil B. Fontanarosa and Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
The International System of Units (Le Système International d'Unités or SI) represents a modified version of the metric system that has been established by international agreement and currently is ...
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