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Common Metric Units
Common
Metric (SI) Units
include the following:
Acceleration
meter per second squared
(m/s
2
)
Angle
radian
(r)
Angular Acceleration
radian per second squared
(r/s
2
)
Angular Velocity
radian per second
(r/s)
Area
square meter
(m
2
)
Density
kilogram per cubic meter
(kg/m
3
)
Energy
Joule
(J) or (N-m)
Force
Newton
(N) or (kg-m/s
2
)
Frequency
Herz
(Hz) or (1/s)
Impulse
Newton-second
(kg-m/s)
Length
meter
(m)
Mass
kilogram
(kg)
Moment of a Force
Newton-meter
(N-m)
Power
Watt
(W) or (J/s)
Pressure
Pascal
(Pa) or (N/m
2
)
Stress
Pascal
(Pa) or (N/m
2
)
Time
second
(s)
Velocity
meter per second
(m/s)
Volume (solids)
cubic meter
(m^
3
)
Volume (liquids)
litre
(L) or (10
-3
m^
3
)
Work
Joule
(J) or (N-m)
Metric (SI) System of Measurement
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