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FUNDAMENTAL QUANTITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement
Synonyms:
fundamental measure; fundamental quantity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("fundamental quantity" is a kind of...):
amount; measure; quantity (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fundamental quantity"):
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
mass (the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field)
length (the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place)
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
