Definition:SI Units/Derived

Definition

The units derived from the SI base units include the following:

		Square metre:		\(\ds \mathrm m^2 \)
		Cubic metre:		\(\ds \mathrm m^3 \)
		Newton:		\(\ds \mathrm {kg} \, \mathrm m \, \mathrm s^{-2} \)
		Coulomb:		\(\ds \mathrm A \, \mathrm s \)

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Also see

• Definition:SI Base Units

• Definition:Metric System
• Definition:Metric Scaling Prefixes

Historical Note

The SI units originated in the work done by Joseph Louis Lagrange to establish a decimal system for weights and measures.

Linguistic Note

The abbreviation SI in the term SI units is from the French Le Système International d'Unités (the International System of Units).