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  • to prevent fraud. However, units of measurement are now generally ... * Units of measurement * Uncertainty principle * Volume ...
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  • Photochemistry, a sub-discipline of chemistry, is the study of the ... known as photochemical reactions. Examples of photochemical reactions are ...
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  • SI Units are the most widely used system of units. They are the most ... system; however, not all metric units of measurement are accepted as SI ...
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  • In the physical sciences, the weight of an object is a measurement ... Recognition of the difference between weight and mass is a relatively ...
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  • :This article describes the unit of angle. A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually ...
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  • The atomic mass (ma) is the mass of a single atom, when the atom is ... == Clarification of terminology == The atomic mass should be distinguished ...
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  • The speed of an object is the rate of motion of the object, or the ... The term velocity is used when one combines the speed of a moving ...
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  • Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating ... == Definition and units == For cyclical processes, such as rotation ...
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  • Distance is a numerical description of the separation between objects ... are important for various fields of work, such as surveying, aircraft ...
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  • out") is a parameter or measure of spatial characteristics of ... that must be expressed in units of measurement, and quantities obtained ...
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  • variously as AU, au, a.u. or ua) is a unit of length roughly equal to the ... The astronomical unit was originally defined as the length of the ...
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  • In physics, force is defined as the rate of change of momentum of ... == Units of Measurement == The SI unit used to measure force is the ...
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  • In physics, thermal conductivity, k, is the property of a material ... Conduction is the most significant means of heat transfer in a solid ...
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  • The metric system is a decimalized system of measurement based on ... One goal of the metric system is to have a single unit for any physical ...
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  • endpoint. The endpoint is called the vertex of the angle. The magnitude of ... constant k (which depends on the units of measurement that are chosen): ...
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  • Vapor pressure (or vapour pressure) is the pressure of a vapor in ... is used to mean the partial pressure of water vapor in the atmosphere ...
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  • is a device for measuring weight, often of a person. Balances measure ... balance) is used to measure the mass of an object. In its conventional ...
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  • perpendicular to that surface) per unit area of the surface. If the force is ... Our understanding of the concept of pressure and our ability to manipulate ...
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  • , a German physicist who did most of his work in the Netherlands ... On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees ...
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  • value, does not directly involve any physical measurement. ... is accomplished by defining the units of measurement in such a way that ...
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