fundamental quantity

1. 1.

   one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement

   Synonymsfundamental measure

   Broadermeasure

   Narrowertemperaturemasslengthtime period

Questions about fundamental quantity

What does fundamental quantity mean?

fundamental quantity means "one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement".

What is another word for fundamental quantity?

Close synonyms include fundamental measure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fundamental quantity a common word?

fundamental quantity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.