FUNDAMENTAL MEASURE
Dictionary entry overview: What does fundamental measure mean?
• FUNDAMENTAL MEASURE (noun)
The noun FUNDAMENTAL MEASURE has 1 sense:
1. one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement
Familiarity information: FUNDAMENTAL MEASURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FUNDAMENTAL MEASURE (noun)
Meaning:
One of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
fundamental measure; fundamental quantity
Hypernyms ("fundamental measure" is a kind of...):
amount; measure; quantity (how much there is of something that you can quantify)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fundamental measure"):
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
mass (the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field)
length (the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place)
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
