natural unit (2 facts) - Unit of length, time, mass, etc. in which the fundamental constants c (the speed of light), h bar (Planck's constant) and kB (Boltzmann's constant) are equal to unity. That is, c, h bar and kB have the numerical value 1. (For example, if we measure length in light-years and time in years, then c = 1 light-year per year.) The use of natural units allows these constants to be omitted from mathematical equations, leading to less-cluttered calculations. In natural units, E = mc2 becomes E = m and E = kBT becomes E = T, so that both mass and temperature can be expressed in units of energy. (Of course, the correct factors of c, h bar and kB must be inserted at the end of a calculation to obtain measurable quantities.)
non SI unit (16 kinds, 72 facts) - not an SI unit, but an important and widely used unit
SI unit (44 kinds, 261 facts) (Syteme Internationale) - International System of Units. A practical system of units of measurement adopted in 1969 by the 11th International General Conference of Weights and Measures (CGPM). The seven base units are the meter, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.
temperature unit (8 kinds, 59 facts) - A temperature unit is a measure of the average kinetic energy per degree of freedom of the constituent molecules.
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