Template:Dimanalysis

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Usage

This template is intended to provide a uniform notation and format for expressing dimensions of physical quantities (spacing, ordering of symbols etc.) throughout articles.

The International System of Quantities defines a convention for formatting of the dimensions of quantities. The default format (without the |bold= parameter or further applied formatting) adheres to this.

Parameters

The parameters are the base quantities, coded according to:

Parameter	Base quantity	Symbol
|time=	time	T
|length=	length	L
|mass=	mass	M
|current=	electric current	I
|temp=	thermodynamic temperature	Θ
|amount=	amount of substance	N
|lum=	luminous intensity	J

and the value of each parameter is the exponent of the dimension of the base quantity:

• blank defaults to exponent 0 (so irrelevant dimensions do not need to be typed)
• exponent 0 means the base quantity dimension will not show up (as in usual notation)
• exponent 1 does not show the exponent (as is usual for exponential notation)
• exponent not 0 or 1 shows the base quantity dimension to that exponent, including negatives (use "−" for minus, not a hyphen "-")

An optional parameter is:

• |bold=: set this to yes for bold dimension symbols; the default is no bold. The ISQ and SI give the convention of a roman sans-serif type, so bold would not conform: use it sparingly.

Examples

[[Momentum]] of a massive object: {{dimanalysis|time=−1|length=1|mass=1|lum=0}}

Momentum of a massive object: LMT⁻¹

[[Magnetization]] of a material: {{dimanalysis|bold=yes|length=−1|mass=1|current=1}}

Magnetization of a material: L⁻¹MI

[[Concentration]] of a chemical: {{dimanalysis|length=−3|mass=1|amount=1}}

Concentration of a chemical: L⁻³MN

[[Empty product]]: {{dimanalysis|time=0|length=0|mass=}}

Empty product: 1

[[Random]]: {{dimanalysis|bold=yes|time=90|length=10|mass=|temp=1|amount=−3|current=3/2|lum=6}}

Random: L¹⁰T⁹⁰I^3/2ΘN⁻³J⁶

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