Physical Quantities

Those entities which can be measured or derived from mathematical formulas are termed Physical quantities. These physical quantities are subdivided into two subcategories, fundamental and derived quantities.

Physical quantities

Definition

  • Fundamental quantities: are those quantities that can be expressed by a single type of entity and need no other entity to derive them. For example: mass, length, time...

  • Derived quantities: are those quantities that can be expressed in terms of fundamental quantities. For example, speed is a derived quantity that depends on length and time.