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Base units in science usually means the International System of measurement fundamental units. (SI units - Systeme International) The SI base units are: Base Quantity - - - -Unit - - - - Symbol

length - - - - - - -metre or meter - - m

mass - - - - - - - - - - kilogram - - - kg

time - - - - - - - - - - second - - - - - s

electric current - - - - ampere - - - - A

temperature - - - - - - kelvin - - - - - K

amount of substance - - mole - - - - mol

luminous intensity - - - candela - - - - cd

Note: abbreviations must have a particular case eg K is the symbol for kelvin but k is the symbol for kilo. Three base units? There are three dimensions when an object is located in space? Width, breadth and height but in science all three of these are considered to be a length.

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