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What are the fundamental units? Name some of the fundamental units.
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The units which can neither be derived from one another nor can they be further resolved into other units are known as fundamental units. Some of the fundamental units are metre (length), kilogram (mass), second (time), Kelvin (temperature), ampere (current), etc.
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