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Latest revision as of 17:08, 4 May 2021
Unit of Measure Codelist
The value domain of Unit of Measure Codelist is defined in the following table.
| # | Code | English Name | Definition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meter | Meter | The metre is the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second. | |
| 2 | degree | Degree | Measure of angle equal to Pi/180 radians, widely used in geography | |
| 3 | arcSecond | Arc Second | Measure of angle equal to Pi/648000 radians, widely used in geography | |
| 4 | radian | Radian | Radian is an unit of angle measure. It is defined as the ratio of arc length to the radius of the circle. | |
| 5 | grad | Grad | A unit of angle, equal to one-hundredth of a right angle expressed in degree. | |
| 6 | squareMeter | Square metre | Area of a square whose sides measure exactly one metre | |
| 7 | percent | Percent | One one-hundredth part | |
| 8 | unity | Unity | For value without unit of measure | |
| 9 | day | Day | Unit of time defined as 24 hours | |
| 10 | hour | Hour | Unit of time defined as 3600 seconds | |
| 11 | second | Second | Unit of time defined as 9 thousand million periods of radiation of the caesium atom. |
