Quote: every quantitative expression consists of a unit or standard of reference and a magnitude

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Every expression of a Quantity consists of two factors or components. One of these is the name of a certain known quantity of the same kind as the quantity to be expressed, which is taken as a standard of reference. The other component is the number of times the standard is to be taken in order to make up the required quantity. The standard quantity is technically called the Unit   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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