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 | The 11th Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (CGPM), considering - Resolution 6 of the 10th CGPM, by which it adopted six base units on which to establish a practical system of measurement for international use:
| length | metre | m | | mass | kilogram | kg | | time | second | s | | electric current | ampere | A | | thermodynamic temperature | degree Kelvin | °K | | luminous intensity | candela | cd |
- Resolution 3 adopted by the Comité International des Poids et Mesures (CIPM) in 1956,
- the recommendation adopted by the CIPM in 1958 concerning an abbreviation for the name of the system, and prefixes to form multiples and submultiples of the units,
decides - the system founded on the six base units above is called the "Système International d'Unités";
- the international abbreviation of the name of the system is SI;
- names of multiples and submultiples of the units are formed by means of the following prefixes:
| Multiplying factor | | Prefix | Symbol | | Multiplying factor | | Prefix | Symbol | | | 1 000 000 000 000 | = 1012 | | tera | T | | 0.1 | = 101 | | deci | d | | 1 000 000 000 | = 109 | | giga | G | | 0.01 | = 102 | | centi | c | | 1 000 000 | = 106 | | mega | M | | 0.001 | = 103 | | milli | m | | 1 000 | = 103 | | kilo | k | | 0.000 001 | = 106 | | micro | µ | | 100 | = 102 | | hecto | h | | 0.000 000 001 | = 109 | | nano | n | | 10 | = 101 | | deca | da | | 0.000 000 000 001 | = 1012 | | pico | p |
- the units listed below are used in the system, without excluding others which might be added later.
Supplementary units | plane angle | radian | rad | | solid angle | steradian | sr |
Derived units | area | square metre | m2 | | | volume | cubic metre | m3 | | | frequency | hertz | Hz | 1/s | | mass density (density) | kilogram per cubic metre | kg/m3 | | | speed, velocity | metre per second | m/s | | | angular velocity | radian per second | rad/s | | | acceleration | metre per second squared | m/s2 | | | angular acceleration | radian per second squared | rad/s2 | | | force | newton | N | kg · m/s2 | | pressure (mechanical stress) | newton per square metre | N/m2 | | | kinematic viscosity | square metre per second | m2/s | | | dynamic viscosity | newton-second per square metre | N · s/m2 | | | work, energy, quantity of heat | joule | J | N · m | | power | watt | W | J/s | | quantity of electricity | coulomb | C | A · s | tension (voltage), potential difference, electromotive force | volt | V | W/A | | electric field strength | volt per metre | V/m | | | electric resistance | ohm |  | V/A | | capacitance | farad | F | A · s/V | | magnetic flux | weber | Wb | V · s | | inductance | henry | H | V · s/A | | magnetic flux density | tesla | T | Wb/m2 | | magnetic field strength | ampere per metre | A/m | | | magnetomotive force | ampere | A | | | luminous flux | lumen | lm | cd · sr | | luminance | candela per square metre | cd/m2 | | | illuminance | lux | lx | lm/m2 |
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|  |  | Reference: |  |  | Comptes Rendus de la 11e CGPM (1960), 1961, p.87 |  |
Note:
The CGPM later abrogated certain of its decisions and extended the list of prefixes:
- The name and symbol for the unit of thermodynamic temperature were modified by the 13th CGPM in 1967 (Resolution 3).
- A seventh base unit, the mole, was adopted by the 14th CGPM in 1971 (Resolution 3).
- Further prefixes were adopted by the 12th CGPM in 1964 (Resolution 8), the 15th CGPM in 1975 (Resolution 10), and the 19th CGPM in 1991 (Resolution 4).
- The 20th CGPM in 1995 abrogated the class of supplementary units in the SI (Resolution 8). These are now considered as derived units.
- The 13th CGPM in 1967 (Resolution 6) specified other units which should be added to this list of derived units. In principle, the list is without limit.
- Modern practice is to use the phrase "amount of heat" rather than "quantity of heat", because the wordquantity has a different meaning in metrology.
- Modern practice is to use the phrase "amount of electricity" ranther than "quantity of electrcity" (see above).
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The reader should note that the official version of this Resolution is theFrench text. |
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