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What is measurement? How is a measurement expressed?

What is measurement?

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Solution 1

Measurement is a comparison of an unknown quantity with a known fixed quantity of the same kind.
The value obtained on measuring a quantity is called its magnitude. The magnitude of a quantity is expressed as numbers in its unit.

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Solution 2

Measurement is the process of finding an unknown physical quantity by using a standard quantity.

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