Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
What do you understand by the term unit?
Advertisements
उत्तर
“Unit is a standard quantity of the same kind with which a physical quantity is compared for measuring it. ” In order to measure a physical quantity, a standard is needed (which is acceptable internationally). The standard should be some convenient, definite, and easily reproducible quantity of the same kind in terms of which the physical quantity as a whole is expressed. This standard is called a unit.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Select the correct option:
Which is not a unit of distance?
What do you understand by the term magnitude, as applied to a physical quantity?
Why are physical quantities expressed in the order of magnitude? Support your answer by an example.
Among the following, which is not a metric system?
The ‘CGS’, ‘MKS’, and SI units are metric systems of units and ‘FPS’ is not a ______ system.
The unit of mass in the CGS system is the kilogram.
Name the British system of units.
