Quantity

Quantity [OSWf658c301ce9346cf96394eace2c5d1d5]
ID	OSWf658c301ce9346cf96394eace2c5d1d5
UUID	f658c301-ce93-46cf-9639-4eace2c5d1d5
Label	Quantity
Machine compatible name	Quantity
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Statements (incoming)

Description

A symbolic that has parts a reference unit and a numerical object separated by a space expressing the value of a quantitative property (expressed as the product of the numerical and the unit).

Item
Type(s)/Category(s)	EmmoTerm

Term

EmmoTerm
Superclass	State Metrological
Comment	A quantity is not necessarily a property, since it is possible to write "10 kg", without assigning this quantity to a specific object. However, a quantitative property is always a quantity. [en] Referred as Quantity Value in International vocabulary of metrology (VIM) [en] SI distinguishes between a quantity (an abstract concept) and the quantity value (a number and a reference). The EMMO, following strict nominalism, denies the existence of abstract objects and then collapses the two concepts of SI quantity and SI quantity value into a single one: the 'Quantity'. So, for the EMMO the symbol "kg" is not a physical quantity but simply a 'Symbolic' object categorized as a 'MeasurementUnit'. While the string "1 kg" is a 'Physical Quantity'. [en]
URI	http://emmo.info/emmo#EMMO_f658c301_ce93_46cf_9639_4eace2c5d1d5

jsondata

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"f658c301-ce93-46cf-9639-4eace2c5d1d5"

name

"Quantity"

label

text	"Quantity"
lang	"en"

description

text	"A symbolic that has parts a reference unit and a numerical object separated by a space expressing the value of a quantitative property (expressed as the product of the numerical and the unit)."
lang	"en"

type

"Category:OSW57beed5e1294434ba77bb6516e461456"

uri

"http://emmo.info/emmo#EMMO_f658c301_ce93_46cf_9639_4eace2c5d1d5"

comment

text	"A quantity is not necessarily a property, since it is possible to write "10 kg", without assigning this quantity to a specific object. However, a quantitative property is always a quantity."
lang	"en"

text	"Referred as Quantity Value in International vocabulary of metrology (VIM)"
lang	"en"

text

"SI distinguishes between a quantity (an abstract concept) and the quantity value (a number and a reference). The EMMO, following strict nominalism, denies the existence of abstract objects and then collapses the two concepts of SI quantity and SI quantity value into a single one: the 'Quantity'. So, for the EMMO the symbol "kg" is not a physical quantity but simply a 'Symbolic' object categorized as a 'MeasurementUnit'. While the string "1 kg" is a 'Physical Quantity'."

lang

"en"

subClassOf

"http://emmo.info/emmo#EMMO_36c79456_e29c_400d_8bd3_0eedddb82652"

"http://emmo.info/emmo#EMMO_985bec21_989f_4b9e_a4b3_735d88099c3c"

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