UnitBase

UnitBase[q]⟹baseUnit

returns only the unit portion of the item in absence of the metric magnitude (sans the number and prefix).

UnitBase[UnitDimension]⟹baseUnit

return only the unit portion of the item in absence of the metric magnitude (sans the number and prefix).

UnitBase[UnitDimension,All]⟹baseUnitList

returns only the unit portion of the item in absence of the metric magnitude (sans the number and prefix).

Details

Returns the base unit of any item:

Handles metric prefixes:

Convert dimension to base unit:

Convert dimension to all possible Units:

Numeric values return 1:

The function is listable: