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If you mean in the SI, it is defined to be a fundamental unit. Consider, for example, Newton's Second Law (force = mass x acceleration), used to define force as a derived unit in the SI. Acceleration is already a derived unit (derived from distance and time) - let's keep it this way, for the sake of discussion. Now, in SI units, force is defined to be derived from mass (and acceleration). Mass is the "fundamental" unit, and force is the "derived" unit. The same relationship, i.e. Newton's Second Law, could just as well have been used the other way round. That is, force could have been defined as the fundamental unit, and mass derived from force (and acceleration). The creators of SI basically defined certain units as "base units" because they could be defined with a high degree of precision.

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