| This class represents the building blocks on top of which all others
units are created. Base units are typically dimensionally independent.
The actual unit dimension is determinated by the current
Dimension.Model model . For example using the
Dimension.Model.STANDARD standard model,
SI.CANDELA
has the dimension of
SI.WATT watt :[code]
// Standard model.
BaseUnit METER = new BaseUnit("m");
BaseUnit CANDELA = new BaseUnit("cd");
System.out.println(METER.getDimension());
System.out.println(CANDELA.getDimension());
> [L]
> [L]²·[M]/[T]³
[/code]
This class represents the "standard base units" which includes SI base
units and possibly others user-defined base units. It does not represent
the base units of any specific
SystemOfUnits (they would have
be base units accross all possible systems otherwise).
author:
Jean-Marie Dautelle
version:
3.1, April 22, 2006
See Also:
* Wikipedia: SI base unit |