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What do you understand by the term unit?
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“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.
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