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Dimension - (Concept)

The dimension of physical quantity may be defined as the power to which fundamental quantities must be raised in order to express the given physical quantities.

For representing dimensions of different quantities, we use the following symbols:

  1. Mass - M

  2. Length - L

  3. Time - T

  4. Electric current - A

  5. Temperature - K

  6. Amount of substance- mol

  7. Luminous intensity - cd

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