Dimension of Measurement/Examples

Examples of Dimensions of Measurement

 * Displacement has dimension $\mathsf L$.


 * Velocity has dimension $\mathsf {L T}^{-1}$ (change in displacement, that is length traveled, per unit of time).


 * Acceleration has dimension $\mathsf {L T}^{-2}$ (change in velocity per unit of time).


 * Force has dimension $\mathsf {M L T}^{-2}$ (mass times acceleration, from Newton's Second Law of Motion).