Measurements

Measurement

Is the process of comparing something with a standard. To carry out measurements, a system of standards and a system of units should be defined.

Metric system & Imperial System

There are 2 types of measurement system.

MKS & CGS System

Two variations of the metric system.

English system

Is otherwise known as the fps system (Foot, Pound, & second)

MKS system

Meters, Kilogram, & Second

CGS system

Centimeters, Grams, Second

International System of Units

Abbreviated SI from the French Le systeme International d’Unités is the modern form of the metric system. It is the system of units that the General conference on Weights & Measures has agreed upon & is legally enforced in almost parts of the world.

Physical Quantities

may be either fundemental or derived.

Fundemetal quantities

Are basic quantities that are independent of one another, foundation of measurements in Physics. There are 7 SI fundamental units: Length, Mass, Time, Temperature, Electric Current, Luminous intensity, and Amount of substance

Derived quantities

Are combinations of fundamental quantities using mathematical equations.

Base / Fundemental units

Units corresponding to the fundemental quantities are called as…