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CanonicalUnit

CanonicalUnit[q]unit

returns the canonical unit of the given value.

CanonicalUnit[unitDimension]unit

returns the canonical unit of the given unit dimension.

Details

  • The canonical unit is the SI Base unit for the given unit/dimension.
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  • Listable

Examples

Basic Examples  (3)

Canonical unit of distance is meters:

Meters is returned for any distance quantity:

Given Distance as dimension, the canonical unit is also meters:

Additional Examples  (3)

Compound units get broken down into their canonical pieces for each dimension:

Some canonical units have prefixes:

Unknown dimensions return $Failed:

Attributes  (1)

Listable  (1)

Given mixed list of values: