Class: UnitOfMeasurement

A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude of a physical quantity, defined and adopted by convention and/or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same physical quantity.

URI: sio:UnitOfMeasurement

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Parents

  • is_a: Quantity - A quantity is an informational entity that gives the magnitude of a property.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Own

  • isUnitOf 0..1
    • Description: is unit of is a relation between a unit and a quantity that it is a multiple of.
    • Range: Entity

Inherited from Quantity:

  • hasCreator 0..1
    • Description: has creator is a relation between an entity and that which created it.
    • Range: Entity
  • hasAttribute 0..1

    • Description: has attribute is a relation that associates a entity with an attribute where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier) either directly or indirectly through generalization of entities of the same type.

    • Range: Entity

    • satisfies 0..1
    • Description: satisfies is a relation between an entity and the specification or objective that it conforms to.

    • Range: Description

    • isRelatedTo 0..1
    • Description: A is related to B iff there is some relation between A and B.
    • Range: Entity
    • derivesInto 0..1
    • Description: a derives to b if and only if a or some part thereof is consumed in the formation of b.

    • Range: Object

    • hasUnit 0..1
    • Description: has unit is a relation between a quantity and the unit it is a multiple of.
    • Range: UnitOfMeasurement
    • isMeasurementValueOf 0..1
    • Description: is measurement value of is a relation between a value and the entity that it is a measurement of.

    • Range: Entity

    • isNumericallyComparableTo 0..1
    • Description: is numerically comparable to is a comparison relation between two quantities whose datatype value can be compared.

    • Range: Quantity