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temperatur        temperature of the triple point
                                        e                 of water


                                                        The amount of substance of a                N
                                                        system which contains as many
                                        amount of       elementary entities as there are
                mole           mol
                                        substance       atoms in 0.012 kilogram of
                                                        carbon 12.    [n 4]


                                                        The luminous intensity, in a                J

                                                        given direction, of a source that
                                                        emits monochromatic radiation
                                                                                   12
                                        luminous  of frequency 540×10  hertz
              candela          cd
                                        intensity       and that has a radiant intensity
                                                        in that direction of 1/683 watt
                                                        per steradian.








                                     Derived units with assigned names


                                                        Symbo
            Quantity                      Unit                     Equals        Definition / Note
                                                        l

            Space and time:

                                                                                 The       plain      angle

                                                                                 which,               when




            Plane angle                   radian        rad                      centered  in  a  circle,
                                                                                 cuts off an arc whose
                                                                                 length is equal to the
                                                                                 circle radius.

                                                                                 The       solid      angle

                                                                                 which,               when
                                                                                 centered  in  a  sphere,




            Solid angle                   steradian   sr
                                                                                 cuts off a cap whose
                                                                                 surface equals that of
                                                                                 a  square  having  the


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