practical system of electrical units
1practical units — plural noun An obsolete system of electrical units, in which the ohm, ampere and volt were defined by physical magnitudes • • • Main Entry: ↑practical …
2Electrical element — Electrical elements are conceptual abstractions representing idealized electrical components, such as resistors, capacitors, and inductors, used in the analysis of electrical networks. Any electrical network can be analysed as multiple,… …
3Electrical discharge machining — An electrical discharge machine Electric discharge machining (EDM), sometimes colloquially also referred to as spark machining, spark eroding, burning, die sinking or wire erosion,[1] is a manufacturing process whereby a desired shape is obtained …
4Units of measurement — Weights and measures redirects here. For other uses, see Weights and measures (disambiguation). The former Weights and Measures office in Seven Sisters, London A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude of a physical quantity, defined and… …
5Metric system — This article is about the metric system in general. For information about specific versions of the system, such as the International System of Units or the cgs system of units, see #Variants. For a generally accessible and less technical… …
6Conventional electrical unit — A conventional electrical unit (is also know as a electrical symbol) (or simply conventional unit where there is no risk of ambiguity) is a unit of measurement in the field of electricity which is based on the conventional values of the Josephson …
7Centimetre gram second system of units — The centimetre gram second system (CGS) is a system of physical units. It is always the same for mechanical units, but there are several variants of electric additions. It was replaced by the MKS, or metre kilogram second system, which in turn… …
8Centimetre–gram–second system of units — CGS redirects here. For other uses, see CGS (disambiguation). The centimetre–gram–second system (abbreviated CGS or cgs) is a metric system of physical units based on centimetre as the unit of length, gram as a unit of mass, and second as a unit… …
9United States customary units — A table of weights from the secretaries of states, showing the number of pounds that their laws recognize as a bushel of different commodities. c. 1854 United States customary units are a system of measurements commonly used in the United… …
10List of unusual units of measurement — For units of measure primarily used in countries where English is not the main language, see the article specific to that country, a list of which can be found in the systems of measurement article. An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of… …
