1. What is a unit? State three essential characteristics of a
unit of a physical quantity
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A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. Any other quantity of that kind can be expressed as a multiple of the unit of measurement. For example, a length is a physical quantity.
The required characteristics of unit are: (i) It should not change with time, place and physical conditions. (ii) It should be easily reproducible. (iii) It should neither be too small nor too large.
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