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
SIPhysicsBasicsecond
[n 1]
sTtimeThe 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
SIPhysicsBasicmetremLlengthThe distance travelled by light in vacuum in 1/299792458 second.m
SIPhysicsBasickilogram
[n 2]
kgMmassThe kilogram is defined by setting the Planck constant h exactly to 6.62607015×10−34 Js (J = kg⋅m2⋅s−2), given the definitions of the metre and the second.[1]kg
SIPhysicsBasicampereAIelectric currentThe 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
SIPhysicsBasickelvinKΘthermodynamic
temperature
The kelvin is defined by setting the fixed numerical value of the Boltzmann constant k to 1.380649×10−23 JK−1, (J = kg⋅m2⋅s−2), given the definition of the kilogram, the metre, and the second.K
SIPhysicsBasicmolemolNamount 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
SIPhysicsBasiccandelacdJluminous
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
SIPhysicsRelationalradian[n 4]radplane anglem/m1
SIPhysicsRelationalsteradiansrsolid anglem2/m21
SIPhysicsRelationalhertzHzfrequencys−1
SIPhysicsRelationalnewtonNforcekg⋅m⋅s−2
SIPhysicsRelationalpascalPapressurekg⋅m−1⋅s−2N/m2
SIPhysicsRelationaljouleJenergy, work, heatkg⋅m2⋅s−2N⋅m = Pa⋅m3
SIPhysicsRelationalwattWpower, radiant fluxkg⋅m2⋅s−3J/s
SIPhysicsRelationalcoulombCelectric charges⋅A
SIPhysicsRelationalvoltVelectrical potential difference (voltage), emfkg⋅m2⋅s−3⋅A−1W/A = J/C
SIPhysicsRelationalfaradFcapacitancekg−1⋅m−2⋅s4⋅A2C/V
SIPhysicsRelationalohmΩresistance, impedance, reactancekg⋅m2⋅s−3⋅A−2V/A
SIPhysicsRelationalsiemensSelectrical conductancekg−1⋅m−2⋅s3⋅A2Ω−1
SIPhysicsRelationalweberWbmagnetic fluxkg⋅m2⋅s−2⋅A−1V⋅s
SIPhysicsRelationalteslaTmagnetic flux densitykg⋅s−2⋅A−1Wb/m2
SIPhysicsRelationalhenryHinductancekg⋅m2⋅s−2⋅A−2Wb/A
SIPhysicsRelationaldegree Celsius°Ctemperature relative to 273.15 KK
SIPhysicsRelationallumenlmluminous fluxcd⋅sr
SIPhysicsRelationalluxlxilluminancecd⋅sr⋅m−2lm/m2
SIPhysicsRelationalbecquerelBqradioactivity (decays per unit time)s−1
SIPhysicsRelationalgrayGyabsorbed dose (of ionising radiation)m2⋅s−2J/kg
SIPhysicsRelationalsievertSvequivalent dose (of ionising radiation)m2⋅s−2J/kg
SIPhysicsRelationalkatalkatcatalytic activitymol⋅s−1
SIPhysicsDimensionalsquare metrem2Aarea
SIPhysicsDimensionalcubic metrem3Vvolume
SIPhysicsRelationalmetre per secondm/svspeed, velocity
SIPhysicsRelationalmetre per second squaredm/s2aacceleration
SIPhysicsRelationalreciprocal metrem−1σ, or in optics V, 1/fwavenumber, vergence (optics)
SIPhysicsRelationalkilogram per cubic metrekg/m3ρdensity
SIPhysicsRelationalkilogram per square metrekg/m2ρAsurface density
SIPhysicsRelationalcubic metre per kilogramm3/kgvspecific volume
SIPhysicsRelationalampere per square metreA/m2jcurrent density
SIPhysicsRelationalampere per metreA/mHmagnetic field strength
SIPhysicsRelationalmole per cubic metremol/m3cconcentration
SIPhysicsRelationalkilogram per cubic metrekg/m3ρ, γ mass concentration
SIPhysicsRelationalcandela per square metrecd/m2Lvluminance
 ?EconomicsRelationalvelocity of money
 ?EconomicsRelationalgross margin

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