Meaning of Physical symbols for AIIMS
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Quantity | Symbol | SI unit | Symbol for SI Unit | Non-SI unit used |
Absorbed dose | Gray | |||
Acceleration | Metre per second squared | |||
Acc. due to gravity | Metre per second squared | |||
Activity | Becquerel | |||
Amount of substance | Mole | |||
Amplitude | Metre | |||
Angle | Radian | |||
Angular velocity | Radian per second | |||
Area | Metre squared | |||
Atomic number | ||||
Capacitance | Farad | |||
concentration | Mole per liter | |||
Critical angle | ||||
density | Kilogram per meter cubed | |||
Displacement | Meter | |||
Dose equivalent | Sievert | |||
Electric current | Ampere | |||
Electric field strength | Volt per metre | |||
Electronic charge | Coulomb | |||
Energy (electrical) | Joule | |||
Energy (heat) | Joule | |||
Energy (kinetic) | Joule | |||
Energy (potential) | Joule | |||
Energy (food) | Joule | |||
Enthalpy | Joule | |||
Focal length | Meter | |||
Frequency | Hertz | |||
half- life | Second | |||
Length (distance) | Metre | |||
Magnetic flux | Weber | |||
Magnetic flux density | Tesla | |||
Magnification | ||||
Mass | Kilogram | |||
Mass number | ||||
Molarity | Mole per liter | |||
Moment of a force | Newton metre | |||
Moment of inertia | Kilogram metre squared | |||
Momentum | Kilogram metre per second | |||
Permittivity | ε | Farad per metre | ||
Periodic time | Second | |||
Power | Watt | |||
Refractive index | ||||
Resistance | ohm | |||
Resistivity | ohm meter | |||
Speed | Meter per second | |||
Sound intensity | Watt per meter squared | |||
Sound intensity level | ||||
Specific heat capacity | Joule per kilogram per kelvin | |||
Strain | ||||
Stress | Newton per meter squared | |||
Temperature | Kelvin | |||
Temperature | Newton | |||
Change in temperature | Kelvin | |||
Tension | Newton | |||
Thermal conductivity | Watt per meter per kelvin | |||
Time | Second | |||
Torque | Newton metre | |||
Velocity | Metre per second | |||
Voltage potential difference | Volt | |||
U-value | Watt per meter squared per kelvin | |||
Volume | Metre cubed | |||
Wavelength | Meter | |||
Weight | Newton | |||
Work | Joule | |||
Young’s modulus | Newton per metre squared |