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1
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Length

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meter (m)

The distance travelled by light in vacuum in
1/299792458 second

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Mass

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kilogram (kg)

The mass of the international prototype kilogram

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Time

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second (s)

The duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom.

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Electric Current

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ampere (a)

The constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 m apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2×10^−7 newtons per meter of length

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thermodynamic temperature

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kelvin (k)

1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water

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Amount of Substance

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mole (mol)

The amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon-12.

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Luminous Intensity

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candela (cd)

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