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noun Physics.
one of the units, as mass, length, time, or electric current, taken as a basis for a system of units in the sciences.
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Also called fundamental unit.
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base unit
noun
physics any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
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