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Physical quantity
Measurable property of a material or system / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A physical quantity (or simply quantity)[1][lower-alpha 1] is a property of a material or system that can be quantified by measurement. A physical quantity can be expressed as a value, which is the algebraic multiplication of a numerical value and a unit of measurement. For example, the physical quantity mass, symbol m, can be quantified as m=n kg, where n is the numerical value and kg is the unit symbol (for kilogram). Quantities that are vectors have, besides numerical value and unit, direction or orientation in space.
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