| Zugriffsnummer | 43578 |
| Dokumenttyp | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Peer Review | mit Peer Review |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Titel | The term 'dimension' in the international system of units |
| Autor(in); Institution |
Krystek, Michael; 5, Fertigungsmesstechnik, PTB-Braunschweig
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| Quelle/Jahr | Metrologia: 52 (2015), 2, 297 - 300 |
| ISSN | 0026-1394 (PRINT) ; 1681-7575 (ONLINE) |
| DOI | |
| Verlag | Bristol: IOP Publishing |
| Freie Schlagworte | international system of units (SI) ; quantity ; quantity value ; system of dimensions ; base dimension ; unit ; base unit |
| Zusammenfassung | The term 'dimension' as used in the International System of Units (SI) is not well defined. Moreover, the term 'quantity of dimension one' (formerly called 'dimensionless quantity', a term which is unfortunately still sometimes used) as defined in the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM) is mathematically unsound. In order to overcome these difficulties, a new quantity dimension, called 'dimension number', will be introduced in this paper. It will be shown that such a dimension necessarily belongs to any system of dimensions, but is not a base dimension. |
