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What are physical quantities?

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  1. In physics, a physical quantity is any physical property of a material or system that can be quantified, that is, can be measured using numbers.
  2. A physical quantity can be expressed as a value, which is the algebraic multiplication of a numerical value and a unit.
  3. Examples of physical quantities are mass, amount of substance, length, time, temperature, electric current, light intensity, force, velocity, density, and many others.

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