| This interface represents any type of quantitative properties or
attributes of thing. Mass, time, distance, heat, and angular separation
are among the familiar examples of quantitative properties.
Distinct quantities have usually different physical dimensions; although
it is not required nor necessary, for example
Torque and
Energy have same dimension but are of different nature
(vector for torque, scalar for energy).
author:
Jean-Marie Dautelle
version:
4.0, February 25, 2007
See Also: Wikipedia: Quantity
See Also:
* Wikipedia: Dimensional Analysis |