Product of powers of the base dimensions (the dimensions attributed to the base quantities of a system) which parallels the expression of the quantity in terms of the base quantities. When all the exponents of the base dimensions are zero the quantity has the dimension one and is often called dimensionless.
Source:
Physical Chemistry Division, unpublished
PAC, 1996, 68, 957
(Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996))
on page 969
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
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