List of international units
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This list of international units is subsidiary to the list of units article and lists widely used modern units in a form of sortable table.
| Unit system | Domain | Derivation | Unit name | Unit symbol | Dimension symbol | Quantity name | Definition | In SI base units | In other SI units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI | Physics | Basic | second [n 1] | s | T | time | The duration of 9192631770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom. | s | |
| SI | Physics | Basic | metre | m | L | length | The distance travelled by light in vacuum in 1/299792458 second. | m | |
| SI | Physics | Basic | kilogram [n 2] | kg | M | mass | The kilogram is defined by setting the Planck constant h exactly to 6.62607015×10−34 J⋅s (J = kg⋅m2⋅s−2), given the definitions of the metre and the second.[1] | kg | |
| SI | Physics | Basic | ampere | A | I | electric current | The flow of exactly 1/1.602176634×10−19 times the elementary charge e per second. Equalling approximately 6.2415090744×1018 elementary charges per second. | A | |
| SI | Physics | Basic | kelvin | K | Θ | thermodynamic temperature | The kelvin is defined by setting the fixed numerical value of the Boltzmann constant k to 1.380649×10−23 J⋅K−1, (J = kg⋅m2⋅s−2), given the definition of the kilogram, the metre, and the second. | K | |
| SI | Physics | Basic | mole | mol | N | amount of substance | The amount of substance of exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities.[n 3] This number is the fixed numerical value of the Avogadro constant, NA, when expressed in the unit mol−1. | mol | |
| SI | Physics | Basic | candela | cd | J | luminous intensity | The luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 5.4×1014 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. | cd | |
| SI | Physics | Relational | radian[n 4] | rad | plane angle | m/m | 1 | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | steradian | sr | solid angle | m2/m2 | 1 | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | hertz | Hz | frequency | s−1 | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | newton | N | force | kg⋅m⋅s−2 | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | pascal | Pa | pressure | kg⋅m−1⋅s−2 | N/m2 | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | joule | J | energy, work, heat | kg⋅m2⋅s−2 | N⋅m = Pa⋅m3 | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | watt | W | power, radiant flux | kg⋅m2⋅s−3 | J/s | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | coulomb | C | electric charge | s⋅A | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | volt | V | electrical potential difference (voltage), emf | kg⋅m2⋅s−3⋅A−1 | W/A = J/C | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | farad | F | capacitance | kg−1⋅m−2⋅s4⋅A2 | C/V | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | ohm | Ω | resistance, impedance, reactance | kg⋅m2⋅s−3⋅A−2 | V/A | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | siemens | S | electrical conductance | kg−1⋅m−2⋅s3⋅A2 | Ω−1 | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | weber | Wb | magnetic flux | kg⋅m2⋅s−2⋅A−1 | V⋅s | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | tesla | T | magnetic flux density | kg⋅s−2⋅A−1 | Wb/m2 | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | henry | H | inductance | kg⋅m2⋅s−2⋅A−2 | Wb/A | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | degree Celsius | °C | temperature relative to 273.15 K | K | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | lumen | lm | luminous flux | cd⋅sr | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | lux | lx | illuminance | cd⋅sr⋅m−2 | lm/m2 | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | becquerel | Bq | radioactivity (decays per unit time) | s−1 | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | gray | Gy | absorbed dose (of ionising radiation) | m2⋅s−2 | J/kg | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | sievert | Sv | equivalent dose (of ionising radiation) | m2⋅s−2 | J/kg | ||
| SI | Physics | Relational | katal | kat | catalytic activity | mol⋅s−1 | |||
| SI | Physics | Dimensional | square metre | m2 | A | area | |||
| SI | Physics | Dimensional | cubic metre | m3 | V | volume | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | metre per second | m/s | v | speed, velocity | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | metre per second squared | m/s2 | a | acceleration | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | reciprocal metre | m−1 | σ, ṽ or in optics V, 1/f | wavenumber, vergence (optics) | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | kilogram per cubic metre | kg/m3 | ρ | density | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | kilogram per square metre | kg/m2 | ρA | surface density | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | cubic metre per kilogram | m3/kg | v | specific volume | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | ampere per square metre | A/m2 | j | current density | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | ampere per metre | A/m | H | magnetic field strength | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | mole per cubic metre | mol/m3 | c | concentration | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | kilogram per cubic metre | kg/m3 | ρ, γ | mass concentration | |||
| SI | Physics | Relational | candela per square metre | cd/m2 | Lv | luminance | |||
| ? | Economics | Relational | velocity of money | ||||||
| ? | Economics | Relational | gross margin | ||||||