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Physical Quantities and Measurement — PHYSICS STD 6 — Question

ICSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 6PHYSICSPhysical Quantities and Measurement1 Mark
Question
What is measurement? How is a measurement expressed?
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Answer

Measurement is a comparison of an unknown quantity with a known fixed quantity of the same kind.
The value obtained on measuring a quantity is called its magnitude. The magnitude of a quantity is expressed as numbers in its unit.

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