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Ampere |
Electric Current |
The ampere is a measure of the amount of electric charge in motion per unit time ― that is, electric current. But the quantity of electric charge by itself, whether in motion or not, is expressed by another SI unit, the coulomb (C). |
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Ampere - Hour |
Quantity of Electricity |
Ampere hour -- sometimes abbreviated as Ah or amp hour -- is the amount of energy charge in a battery that enables 1 ampere of current to flow for one hour. |
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Angstrom |
Displacement / Wave length of light |
It is sometimes used to express wavelength s of visible light, ultraviolet (UV) light, X rays, and gamma rays. |
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BTU |
Energy |
A British thermal unit (Btu) is a measure of the heat content of fuels or energy sources. It is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of liquid water by 1 degree Fahrenheit at the temperature that water has its greatest density (approximately 39 degrees Fahrenheit). One British thermal unit (Btu) is approximately equal to the energy released by burning a match. |
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Barrel |
Crude Petrolium |
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Bell |
Intensity of sound |
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Bequerrel |
Radioactivity |
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Calorie |
Quantity of Heat |
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Centigrade |
Temperature |
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Celcius |
Temprature |
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Centimeter |
Length |
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Columb |
Electric Charge |
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Decible |
Intensity of sound |
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Dioptre |
Power of a lens |
Diopter, in optics, unit of magnifying power of a lens or lens system. Because the power of a lens is proportional to unity (one) divided by the focal length (see lens), the power of a lens in diopters is numerically equal to 1 m divided by the focal length in metres. |
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Dyne |
Force |
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Electron volt |
Energy |
Electron volt, unit of energy commonly used in atomic and nuclear physics, equal to the energy gained by an electron (a charged particle carrying unit electronic charge) when the electrical potential at the electron increases by one volt. |
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Erg |
Work |
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Erg |
Work |
Erg, unit of energy or work in the centimetre-gram-second system of physical units used in physics; to lift a pound weight one foot requires 1.356 × 107 ergs. It equals the work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimetre and is equal to 10-7 joule, the standard unit of work or energy. |
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Faraday |
Electric Charge |
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Gram |
Mass |
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Gram weight |
Gravitational Force |
A gram- force, is a gravitational unit of force. That is one gram force is defined as the force exerted by one gram of mass in the standard value of gravitational field. The gram-force is equal to the product of mass of one gram by the standard acceleration due to gravity. |
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Henry |
Inductance |
The henry is a large unit of inductance. In audio-frequency ( AF ) and radio-frequency ( RF ) applications. |
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Horse Power |
Power |
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Joule |
Work |
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Kilo watt |
Electric Power |
Watts are the SI unit of power. Kilowatts are equivalent to 1,000 Watts and are the most frequently used unit of electrical power. |
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Kilowatt - hour |
Electric Power |
The kilowatt-hour (symbolized kWh) is a unit of energy equivalent to one kilowatt (1 kW) of power expended for one hour (1 h) of time. The kilowatt-hour is not a standard unit in any formal system, but it is commonly used in electrical applications. |
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Knot |
Speed |
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Light Year |
Distance |
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Litre |
Volume |
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Lumen |
Luminus Flux |
One lumen is the amount of light emitted in a solid angle of 1 sr, from a source that radiates to an equal extent in all directions, and whose intensity is 1 cd. |
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Lux |
Intensity of illumination / Illuminance |
The lux is a small unit. An alternative unit is the watt per meter squared |
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Maxwell |
Magnetic Flux |
The name of the unit honors James Clerk Maxwell, who formulated a unified theory of electromagnetism. |
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Meter |
Distance |
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Newton |
Work |
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Ohm |
Electric Resistance |
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Pascal |
Pressure |
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Second |
Time |
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Siemens |
Electric conductence |
Siemens AG is a German company engaged in electrical engineering and electronics. |
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Tesla |
Magnetic Flux Density |
The tesla was named for Nikola Tesla , the Serbian-American scientist who contributed greatly toward the development of modern-day electrical power systems. |
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Volt |
Electric Potential Difference |
Electric potential difference is also known as voltage. The size of 1 volt is officially defined as the potential difference between two points of a wire carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated in the wire is 1 watt. |
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Weber |
Magnetic Flux |
Weber, unit of magnetic flux in the International System of Units (SI), defined as the amount of flux that, linking an electrical circuit of one turn (one loop of wire), produces in it an electromotive force of one volt as the flux is reduced to zero at a uniform rate in one second. It was named in honour of the 19th-century German physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber and equals 108 maxwells, the unit used in the centimetre–gram–second system. |
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X - unit |
X - Ray wave length |
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Bar |
Energy |
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Parsec |
Unit of distance equal to 3.26 light years |
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