base unit

of measurement
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Unit of measurement of a
base quantity
in a given system of quantities. By international agreement, a set of seven dimensionally independent units form the SI base units: the
metre
,
kilogram
,
second
,
ampere
,
kelvin
,
mole
and
candela
.
See:
unit (of measurement)
Sources:
PAC, 1986, 58, 1405. (Recommendations for the presentation of thermodynamic and related data in biology (Recommendations 1985)) on page 1406 [Terms] [Paper]
PAC, 1996, 68, 957. (Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)) on page 963 [Terms] [Paper]